Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe
The contentious working relationship between Olivier and Monroe is told in the 2011 drama My Week With Marilyn, with Kenneth Branagh playing Olivier and Michelle Williams playing Monroe.
When Olivier and Monroe starred together in 1957’s The Prince and the Showgirl, they had very different approaches to acting. Monroe adhered closely to the Lee Strasberg school of method acting, having been coached by Strasberg’s second wife, Paula. But Olivier was a traditional Shakespearean actor and didn’t respect her approach at all.
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