Netflix’s new Marilyn Monroe movie starring Ana de Armas officially has a NC-17 rating due to “some sexual content.” Blonde stars Ana as the iconic actress, and director Andrew Dominik previously told Screen Daily that he anticipated the film would get a NC-17 rating.

“It’s a demanding movie. If the audience doesn’t like it, that’s the fucking audience’s problem. It’s not running for public office. It’s an NC-17 movie about Marilyn Monroe, it’s kind of what you want, right? I want to go and see the NC-17 version of the Marilyn Monroe story.”

The film, which is based on Joyce Carol Oates’ book, was shot in 2019 ahead of the pandemic, and apparently Netflix “insisted” on bringing in editor Jennifer Lame last year “to curb the excesses of the movie.”

Andrew then called rumors of “bloody menstrual cunnilingus” untrue and “hilarious,” but said there is a scene depicting sexual assault, which was also in the 2000 Joyce Carol Oates book.

Andrew also said that while there was “work involved” making Ana de Armas “sound American,” she is “fucking amazing” in the movie, and “the one thing nobody’s going to complain about is [her] performance.”

Per the Hollywood Reporter, Netflix has previously streamed NC-17 movies, but Blonde is the first time one of their own productions has received the rating. There isn’t a release date yet, but the film—which costars Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, and Julianne Nicholson—was rumored to be premiering in Cannes in May, though apparently that’s no longer going to happen.

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