famous 'Last Sitting' shots of Marilyn, taken by photographer Bert Stern
just six weeks before she died of a drugs overdose.
"I didn't have to put much thought into it. Working with Bert
Stern on a Marilyn Monroe shoot was really an honor. When is that ever
going to come up again?
"I wanted to portray the look and get it point-on as much as I could, to
bring it back to life. I was comfortable with it, the nudity and
everything."
In the shots, Lindsay wears a peroxide blond wig and winged eyeliner, and
is seen posing with a series of see-through chiffon scarves, a diamond
necklace and sprawled naked on a bed.
The 21-year-old actress - who confessed she panicked and did 250 stomach
crunches the night before the shoot in a bid to get her stomach as flat as
possible - revealed she has always been a big fan of the iconic star.
She said: "If you saw my house, I have a lot of Marilyn stuff. I've got this
painting of her in my house. It's eerie because it's a picture and it's kind
of cartoony, and there's a big bottle of pills next to her, and they've
fallen over."
Photographer Bert Stern, who originally photographed Marilyn 46 years ago,
added: "It was very similar, déjà vu you might say, like revisiting an old
street."
Lindsay also spoke about the recent death of close friend Heath Ledger, who
died of an accidental drugs overdose last month.
She added to New York magazine: "It's also tragic what just recently
happened to someone else. Marilyn and Heath are both prime examples of what
this industry can do to someone. But I sure as hell wouldn't let it happen
to me."
(Lindsay's photoshoot with Bert Stern NSFW)
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