“They were sort of talking two different languages at this point,” My Week With Marilyn director Simon Curtis told NPR in 2011: “Oliver was an institutional figure of traditional British theater-based external acting,” while “Marilyn was a real devotee of the Strasberg school, you know, the Method — which meant that she loved to investigate inside the character.”
Olivier also had another issue.
“Marilyn would show up late, sometimes as late as three days late, and that created, often, comic frustration for Olivier,” Branagh told NPR. I don’t know how funny he found it at the time but in the movie, it allows us to perhaps sympathize or empathize for a bit with his plight. He doesn’t always deal with it well.”
The Prince and The Showgirl was a flop — but My Week With Marilyn did pretty well, generating $35 million at the box office and garnering decent reviews and currently sitting at 83% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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