Watson feels affinity with Monroe

Emma Watson has said she can definitely relate to the character of Marilyn Monroe.

Speaking at the London premiere of My Week with Marilyn, Ms Watson, 21, who plays wardrobe assistant Lucy in the film, said: I certainly feel a lot for her and for what she went through.

I think she was just trying to find her feet in the midst of this kind of crazy circus that went on around her, and trying to find some sort of balance and some sort of normality in her life, and I can definitely relate to that.

Ms Watson, wearing an embroidered white top by designer Jason Wu, said she was currently focused on her work at Oxford University, but she said of future projects: There are a lot of things that Im lining up.

My Week with Marilyn, directed by Simon Curtis, stars Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe when she comes to Pinewood Studios in 1956 to star alongside Sir Laurence Olivier in The Prince and The Showgirl.

Eddie Redmayne plays 23-year-old Colin Clark, whose real life memoirs The Prince, The Showgirl and Me formed the basis for the film. Clarks first job in the movie business was working as a third assistant director. Monroe, hounded by paparazzi and nervous about working with Olivier, turns to Clark for solace.

Kenneth Branagh, who plays Sir Laurence Olivier, said: It was very exciting but you felt a sense of responsibility, which both Michelle and I felt for these characters.

You read everything that they wrote about this experience and Sir Laurence Olivier was very candid about his immense frustration working with Marilyn Monroe.