The new Marilyn Monroe biopic earned Netflix its first adults-only rating but the film’s star, Ana de Armas, believes that it is unwarranted.
Netflix’s Marilyn Monroe biopic, ‘Blonde’, has been gaining a lot of attention ahead of its release, not least for earning the streaming service its first NC-17 rating. Ana de Armas, who plays the iconic Hollywood actress, questioned the decision by the Motion Picture Association (MPAA) to slap the movie with an adults-only rating.
“I didn’t understand why that happened. I can tell you a number of shows or movies that are way more explicit with a lot more sexual content than Blonde,” the leading lady told the French fashion magazine L’Officiel.
“But to tell this story it is important to show all these moments in Marilyn’s life that made her end up the way that she did. It needed to be explained. Everyone [in the cast] knew we had to go to uncomfortable places. I wasn’t the only one.”The MPAA has a five category rating system, with NC-17 given only to movies that are “clearly adult”. In movie theaters those seventeen and under cannot be admitted to the showing. It is a designation that is rarely given as it generally deters venues from screening the film in question, while newspapers and television stations are often reluctant to advertise the production.
The MPAA has a five category rating system, with NC-17 given only to movies that are “clearly adult”. In movie theaters those seventeen and under cannot be admitted to the showing. It is a designation that is rarely given as it generally deters venues from screening the film in question, while newspapers and television stations are often reluctant to advertise the production.
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