SYNOPSIS: Based on true events. Marilyn Monroe went to New York to study with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, and on her first day in class, she was assigned to do a scene with Phil, a short, 20ish struggling character actor. He is skeptical that she will call, but she does. When she comes over to his apartment to rehearse, she looks around at the way he is living and begins to clean his apartment. As they talk and rehearse, we get to know the real Marilyn Monroe and not the image.