During the filming of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), a young Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne) works as a third assistant director. He gets drawn into Marilyn Monroe’s (Michelle Williams) chaotic, vulnerable world as she struggles with fame, anxiety, and her marriage to Arthur Miller — and they share a brief, intense, week-long connection.

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“You don’t have to be good for me, Marilyn. I’m not the audience.”

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