Ana de Armas offers a glimpse of the darker side of Hollywood, the adoring and obsessive crowds and the incessantly flashing lights as Marilyn Monroe in Andrew Dominik’s second look at Marilyn Monroe’s Blonde Photography. 

Netflix released a second trailer for the upcoming feature film NC-17, based on the bestselling novel by Joyce Carol Oates, on Thursday, giving viewers a closer look at how the Dominik-written and directed film will explore the most unsavory points of Monroe’s career.  and private life. 

“I’ve played Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe,” De Armas can be heard saying in the montage of footage of the woman born Norma Jean struggling with the effects of her public image.  “I can’t do another scene with Marilyn Monroe.” 

As de Armas recounts, the images of Monroe in her most popular works are juxtaposed between frantic and overwhelming instances of a woman struggling with her fame.  De Armas can be seen pushing through throngs of press and obsessive fans, screaming on set, crashing a car, and being dragged down a hallway alongside smaller but still significant moments of Jean’s professional facade cracking. 

“Marilyn doesn’t exist,” continues de Armas.  “When I walk out of my dressing room, I’m Norma Jeane.  I’m still here when the camera rolls.  Marilyn Monroe only exists on the screen.” 

The two-minute trailer – which introduces the main character as someone who is watched by all and “seen by no one” – also features some of the film’s first major looks at Armas’ supporting cast, including Bobby Cannavale as “The Ex-Athlete” and Adrien Brody as “The Playwright.” 

Blonde is a reimagining of the life of Marilyn Monroe that explores the divide between the public and private life of the late Hollywood legend.  The film touches on everything from Norma Jeane’s childhood to her rise to stardom and her many romantic entanglements, while blurring the line between reality and fantasy. 

The film also stars Julianne Nicholson, Xavier Samuel and Evan Williams, Lily Fisher, Toby Huss, David Warshofsky, Caspar Phillipson, Dan Butler, Sara Paxton and Rebecca Wisocky.  Blonde is produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Tracey Landon and Scott Robertson, with Christina Oh as executive producer. 

The film will be released worldwide on Netflix on September 28.