Michelle Williams Claims Playing Sexy Gives Negative Connotation; Was It Ever The Same With The Late Marilyn Monroe?

MANILA, Philippines - An actress who has played Marilyn Monroe has all the right to define and decode sexy. Michelle Williams, star of ''My Week with Marilyn,'' told GQ's February issue how she had her own sexy issues.

''I wouldn't say that that would be one of my first qualities as a human being - being sexy. And I think because my character on 'Dawson's Creek' was sexy... sexualized... sexual... I saw all the negative attention and connotations that can come along with that. And that those things can keep people from seeing you clearly,'' the actress, who won a Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical, for playing the blonde sex goddess, said to GQ's cover story.

She added, ''When you play sexy you're kind of playing just for men. That is something you have to police and turn it on its head. I mean, sexuality has been a part of my work, obviously... 'Blue Valentine'... but it's never been sexy, it hasn't been beautiful.''

Williams is, however, beyond sexy in her recent roles. The meat is not confined on skin action. Her acting has scooped for her Oscar best actress nods both for ''Blue Valentine'' and her portrait of Marilyn Monroe.

In Manila, ''My Week with Marilyn'' will have an exclusive Ayala Malls screening run. In a statement local distributors sent to Bulletin Entertainment, the movie's plot covers: ''Early in the summer of 1956, American film star Marilyn Monroe (Williams) set foot on British soil for the first time. On honeymoon with her husband, the celebrated playwright Arthur Miller (Dougray Scott), Monroe came to England to shoot 'The Prince and the Showgirl' - the film that famously united her with Sir Laurence Olivier (Branagh), the British theatre and film legend who directed and co-starred in the film.

''That same summer, 23-year-old Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne) set foot on a film set for the first time in his life. Newly graduated from Oxford, Clark aspired to be a filmmaker and found a job as a lowly pro! duction hand on the set. Forty years later, he recounted his experiences of the six-month shoot in a diary-style memoir entitled 'The Prince, the Showgirl and Me.' But one week in Clark's account was missing until years later, Clark revealed in a follow-up memoir entitled 'My Week with Marilyn,' the true story of one magical week he spent alone with the world's biggest star.''

Director Simon Curtis said, ''For a lot of people Marilyn is more of an iconic image than an actress. People haven't seen her films as much as they have her portrait. My way into this project was falling in love with the first of Colin Clark's two memoirs. As somebody who was assistant director at The Royal Court Theatre, I found it fascinating to uncover this moment in time.''

Positive he was able to translate the pages of Clark's revealing words into an equally intriguing piece of film work, Curtis raved, ''I couldn't believe my eyes when My Week with Marilyn was published. Colin really did have this tense, erotically charged week with the most famous woman in the world, at the peak of her fame. I couldn't believe my luck when I was able to get hold of the rights. People had tried over the years. And in the last year I've met at least three very established directors who have said, 'I've always wanted to make that story.' So I feel very lucky.''

For Williams, she had to capitalize on certain parallels between herself and Monroe. ''There were so many little parallels along the way that sort of gave you courage. My dressing room in Pinewood was the same dressing room that she used. Parkside House where we shot was the real Parkside House,'' Michelle told OK! in a previous feature.