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During the [[Troubled Production]] of [[Marilyn Monroe]] and [[Laurence Olivier]]'s ''[[The Prince And The Showgirl]]'', assistant director Colin Clark became sort-of involved with Miss Monroe and wrote some memoirs about it years later. They are the basis for the 2011 film ''My Week With Marilyn'', starring Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe, [[Kenneth Branagh]] as Laurence Olivier, and Eddie Redmayne as Colin Clark. Much of the attention the film has gotten from the media comes from the presence of ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]''{{'}}s [[Emma Watson]] in a minor role.

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* [[Ability Over Appearance]]: Presumably what they were going for in casting Michelle Williams, who doesn't look all that much like Marilyn. 
* [[Adorkable]]: Colin Clark is this at times.
* [[All-Star Cast]]: A cornucopia of stars playing the stars of yesteryear. We have [[Michelle Williams]] as Marilyn Monroe, [[Kenneth Branagh]] as [[Laurence Olivier]], [[Julia Ormond]] as Vivien Leigh, and Dame [[Judi Dench]] as Dame Sybil Thorndike.
* [[Based on a Great Big Lie]]: Maybe. Debate rages as to whether or not Colin Clark made up his sort-of affair with [[Marilyn Monroe]].
* [[Beneath the Mask]]: Marilyn, "most people want Marilyn Monroe and when they see I'm not her they go away".
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: Lucy is the Betty and Marilyn herself is the Veronica.
* [[Brutal Honesty]]: "[Your heart] ''needed'' to be broken."
* [[Casting Gag]]: [[Kenneth Branagh]], hailed in his youth as a latter-day [[Laurence Olivier]] (mainly for directing and starring in his own Shakespeare epics as Olivier did), is cast as [[Laurence Olivier]] in this film.
* [[Cool Old Lady]]: Dame Sybil is generous and kind to everyone, and even manages to help Marilyn under the guise of asking Marilyn to help her. It helps that she's played by [[Judi Dench]], of course.
* [[The Fifties]]
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Marilyn of course. Colin is a bit of a male example as well.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: So [[Ballet Shoes|Pauline]] decided that helping with the wardrobe better suited her than did acting after all, hmm? Or perhaps [[Harry Potter (film)|Hermione]] is diversifying her CV.
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: Inverted. Colin tries to "save" Marilyn from her crazy Hollywood life but she admits that she likes it, even though it drives her crazy.
* [[Maybe Ever After]]: Colin and Lucy.
* [[Oscar Bait]]
* [[Poke the Poodle]]: [[Emma Watson|Lucy]]'s last words to Colin as Marilyn's final day on the set ends:
{{quote|'''Lucy''': Did [[Marilyn Monroe|she]] break your heart? 
'''Colin''': A little. 
'''Lucy''': ''Good.'' It ''[[Brutal Honesty|needed]]'' to be broken. }}
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: There's six F-bombs scattered throughout, mainly spoken by Laurence Olivier.
* [[Sidelong Glance Biopic]]: Let's face it... ''nobody'' went to see this movie to learn about Colin Clark.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Subverted with Marilyn. While she is messed up inside, when she smiles she's genuinely happy.
* [[What Might Have Been]]: [[Ralph Fiennes]] was originally approached to play Olivier, but turned the part down so he could work on his directoral debut ''[[Coriolanus]]''. 
* [[Woman Scorned]]: A ''very'' mild example in Lucy, who considers Colin's date with Marilyn as jilting her, never mind that Colin believed it accidental. What's the worst thing she does to him? Tell him flat out that his heart ''needed'' to be broken after learning that Marilyn did break his heart "a little".

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