From early on, Monroe was reputed to be difficult: bullied by misogynistic directors, and frustrated at her lack of control, she was cited as debilitatingly late and forgetful. Zanuck suspended Monroe in 1954 when she frustratedly refused yet another pin-up role. Her marriage to DiMaggio days later was chiefly a move to redeem her popularity; and it would end only nine months later, following his fury at a publicity stunt for The Seven-Year Itch which saw her stand above a subway grate, her white dress blowing above her thighs, in front of 2,000 spectators.
