No Time To Die star Ana de Armas says it is ‘groundbreaking’ for her to be playing Marilyn Monroe because she is Cuban: ‘I knew I could do it’
Ana de Armas has described her casting as Marilyn Monroe as ‘groundbreaking’.
The 31-year-old actress stars as the Hollywood icon in upcoming biopic Blonde and she thinks that Andrew Dominik’s decision to cast her, a Cuban actress, as the American bombshell is a major statement.
‘Playing Marilyn was groundbreaking. A Cuban playing Marilyn Monroe. I wanted it so badly,’ the beauty told the March issue of Vanity Fair.
New frontier: Ana de Armas has described her casting as Marilyn Monroe as ‘groundbreaking’. Seen in January
A role of a lifetime: The 31-year-old actress stars as the Hollywood icon in upcoming biopic Blonde and she thinks that Andrew Dominik’s decision to cast her, a Cuban actress, as the American bombshell is a major statement; Monroe in 1953
The film – which is set to be released this year – will tell the story of The Seven Year Itch star Marilyn, who became one of the world’s most popular sex symbols throughout the 1950s before her shock death in 1962 at the age of just 36.
Ana only had to audition for the director once before earning the lead role but still had to convince the producers of her suitability for the part.
Ana – who stars in upcoming James Bond blockbuster No Time To Die – explained: ‘I only had to audition for Marilyn once and Andrew said, “It’s you,” but I had to audition for everyone else.
Her view: ‘Playing Marilyn was groundbreaking. A Cuban playing Marilyn Monroe. I wanted it so badly,’ the beauty told the March issue of Vanity Fair
‘The producers. The money people. I always have people I needed to convince. But I knew I could do it.’
Likewise, her Knives Out co-star Jamie Lee Curtis – whose father Tony Curtis starred alongside Marilyn in Some Like it Hot – could not believe her eyes when Ana played her clips of herself as Marilyn from the film.
She gushed: ‘I remember when she showed me a video of her screen tests for Blonde. I dropped to the floor. I couldn’t believe it. Ana was completely gone. She was Marilyn.’
On set: In this image de Armas transforms into Monroe while on the set of Blonde in August 2019 in Los Angeles
She lit up Hollywood: The looker seen in 1952; she is best known for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Niagara and How To Marry A Millionaire
Ana admits her working relationship with director Andrew is one of the closest and most rewarding collaborations she’s had since starting her acting career.
‘I have never worked more closely with a director than I worked with Andrew,’ she said.
‘Yes, I have had collaborative relationships, but to get phone calls at midnight because he has an idea and he can’t sleep and all of a sudden you can’t sleep for the same reason.’
A Bond girl: Ana is starring in the new James Bond movie No Time To Die
A sleeper hit: The cast of Knives Out includes Jaeden Martell, Don Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, de Armas, Michael Shannon and Katherine Langford. Jamie, whose father Tony worked with Marilyn Monroe on Some Like It Hot said Ana was convincing as the icon
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