the movies and movie stars with "my week with marin" michelle williams, ken branagh and director simon curtis. >> find myself thinking i know her, i know marilyn. somehow the world kind of thinks it does and i don'tknow you... immediately you want to go on the journey with her and just when you are seeing sort of a beautiful woman who somehow is opening r heart to you you're reminded she's so sexy! >> rose: fm marilyn monroe to diane keaton, we talk about her life and her movies. >> well, i really regret that i didn't say to my mother many things that i wish i had that i'd said to her to her face. >> rose: tell me now what you would say to her? >> i would say too her if i told you how much i loved you would you feel better about who you are? that's something i want to say to her. >> rose: because sheidn't become what she could have become. >> this is true. she did not become what she could have become. but mainly... not that. she didn feel good about who she was. >> rose: ken branagh, michelle williams, simon curtis and diane keaton when we continue. we allll roofor.who ats s the ds l acacros

she didn feel good about who she was. >> rose: ken branagh, michelle williams, simon curtis and diane keaton when we continue. we allll roofor.who ats s the ds l acacrossmeririca.p@t@@@btsta , evertimeme a ststis b burneor t mididnighol hen aethl@e chasd@t@ @dl@@ for r a re herero, iyou u wannrt pporort sml bubusine. captioning sponsored by rose communitions from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: mare lib monroe is a figure who has fascinated holly with wood for years. in 1956 she went to england to shoot "the prince and the show girl" 23-year-old colin clark was a production assistant on the set. he wrote two memoirs about the production. in one he chronicles the one week he spent alone with the world's biggest movie star marilyn monroe. his story is a new movie. it's called "my week with marilyn." here's the trailer. >> gentlemen,it is my special pleasure to introduce a woman who clearly needs know introduction. a very great actress on her first trip to london. >> marilyn, is it true you wear nothing in beder be perfume. >> darling, as i'm in england let's

and director simon curtis. they join me now. r having us. >> thank you. >> simon, you and i had a chat about this movie a few months ago in the garden of a well known british television executive. let's not be any more detailed than that. he told me it was going to be a fantastic film and you had a fantastic actress. and there she is. why michelle williams? >> because i've always loved michelle's work. and i was really excited when she read the script and wanted to meet. couldn't believe my luck when she signed on. >> the part of marilyn monroe, she's such an iconic figure, not just in america but around the world. you got to choose very carefully, haven't you? what is the decisionmaking process as a filmmaker in choosing the right kind of person to play somebody so famous? >> i think there's a lot of ingredients in that decision. obviously, a physical resemblance. but really what always attracted me to michelle's work is that she brings such psychological detail to her characters. i knew that was the marilyn that i wanted to por