She is one of the movie stars who inspired her to become an actress… At the age of 16, Virginie Efira dreamed of being Marilyn Monroe. It must be said that the singer and actress, who died on August 4, 1962 at the age of 36, continues to fascinate and played in numerous successful films such as Men prefer blondes, Seven years of reflection, Some like it hotor The Unhinged. When she goes to karaoke evenings, Niels Schneider’s partner particularly likes to shout out the title Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friendreleased in 1949. Wednesday December 20, 2023, on the set of Telematin, on France 2, the 46-year-old actress received a message from her friend Khalid, who manages a karaoke bar in Brussels. When he asked her why she always sang this song, Virginie Efira blurted out: “I saw Some like it hot when I was 10 or 12 years old. I had an aesthetic shock about Marilyn Monroe, like many little girls. Why her specifically? I don’t know… As Marilyn is also a child, we feel a very strong connection. And then there is her femininity. I loved his songs and still do!”
Virginie Efira: “I can’t do that to him anyway”
Amused, Thomas Sotto asked the mother of Ali (born in 2013) and Hiro (born in 2023) if she was ready to play Marilyn Monroe in the cinema. “When you talk about it your eyes shine”, he noticed. Nevertheless, Virginie Efira assured that she would not “Never”. “Ah, that’s a certainty, I can’t do that to him anyway, a little decency!”, she clarified. During the last years, many actresses have already lent their features to the American star. In 2011, it was Michelle Williams – seen in The Secret of Brokeback Mountain but also Shutter Island – who played Marilyn Monroe in My Week with Marilyn. More recently, it was Ana de Armas who lent her features to the woman who was a sex symbol of the 1950s.