Urban Myths: Marilyn Monroe & Billy Wilder. Marilyn Monroe (Gemma Arterton). Copyright: Little Rock
Urban Myths: Marilyn Monroe & Billy Wilder

Urban Myths: Marilyn Monroe & Billy Wilder

  • TV comedy drama
  • Sky Arts
  • 2018
  • 1 episode

Comedy about the filming of Some Like It Hot. Stars Gemma Arterton, Adam Brody, Felicity Montagu, Alex Pettyfer, James Purefoy and more.

Urban Myths: Marilyn Monroe & Billy Wilder. Image shows from L to R: Marilyn Monroe (Gemma Arterton), Billy Wilder (James Purefoy). Copyright: Little Rock

Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
2018
Channel
Sky Arts
Episodes
1
Stars
Gemma Arterton, Adam Brody, Felicity Montagu, Alex Pettyfer, James Purefoy, Dougray Scott, Irfan Shamji and Sean Foley
Writer
David Cummings
Director
Sean Foley
Producers
Zoƫ Rocha, Tilusha Ghelani, Jon Mountague, Charlie Laurie and Joe Kotroczo
Company

One of Marilyn Monroe's most iconic roles was undoubtedly that of singer and ukulele player Sugar 'Kane' Kowalczyk in the 1959 romantic comedy Some Like It Hot. It is regarded as one of the greatest comedy films of all time but, behind the scenes, America's sweetheart is struggling to deliver a line.

Marilyn runs to Arthur Miller and Paula Strasberg for reassurance, leaving Billy Wilder tearing his hair out and Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon making side-bets. On the forty-seventh take, Marilyn nails it: "It's me, Sugar!"

Additional details

Part of

Urban Myths

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 12th April 2018 at 2:10am on Sky Arts
Episode length
24 minutes
Most recent repeats
  • Tuesday 7th February 2023 at 1:45am on Sky Arts
  • Tuesday 5th July 2022 at 10:00pm on Sky Arts
  • Thursday 10th February 2022 at 2:30am on Sky Arts