Anna Nicole Smith was so desperate to play her icon Marilyn Monroe in a Hollywood movie, she offered to fund a film about the actress' second husband, Joe DiMaggio.

But Marv Schneider, who penned "DiMaggio: Setting the Record Straight," says Anna Nicole Smith's generous offer was turned down, because directors feared if she was cast as Monroe, other stars would turn down the role of DiMaggio.

 

"She offered to at least partially finance it, about six months before she died. The screenplay was finished in the summer," Schneider tells the New York Daily News.

"It was rejected out of hand. She wasn't considered ready. Also, if she got the role, we thought we'd have a tough time getting a top actor to play DiMaggio."

Earlier this week, Florida's Broward County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Joshua Perper ruled Anna Nicole Smith's death as an accidental drug overdose. [DAILY DISH] 

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