Firstly, "call it an F-able thing" is VERY funny. Thanks for the chuckle.

Secondly, Redmayne is his real name (or at least, the name he's been using for years). First noticed him as he kinda stole the show in the mini-series of "Pillars of the Earth." Saw him again in the mediocre Sean Bean medieval drama/horror "Black Death."

And I think he won the Tony for being in "Red" with Alfred Mollina (but he may just have been nominated).

Thank you! I was considering seeing this, but I admit I was put off by Williams' inability in the trailer to capture that je ne sais quoi Marilyn had. Decision made: I won't bother.

Marilyn Monroe was absolutely infuriating and horrible. That "ineffable thing" was nothing more than the bare essence of helplessness-as-a-weapon that was more or less mandatory in the 50s but couldn't play today -- and thank goodness. What fails here isn't Michelle Williams but the fifty years that have passed. If Williams was able to summon that Monroe spirit, she wouldn't be able to function in today's society; she'd be a meth whore, not a famous actress.