Daryl Hannah will take on the role made famous by Marilyn Monroe in "The Seven Year Itch."

The London stage production won't re-create the 1955 movie's legendary scene in which Monroe's skirt billows as she stands over a grate, producer Laurence Myers said Thursday.

"Daryl is not a Monroe impersonator," he said.

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The George Axelrod comedy, which opens in October, focuses on a middle-aged married man who fantasizes about the girl next door while he is alone for the summer.

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