The Cuban actress became the biggest icon in Hollywood and revealed that it was not easy at all to put herself in the shoes of the mythical Marilyn.
2021 brings many films under its belt, one of the most anticipated is the biopic of Marilyn Monroe by Andrew Dominik, titled “Blonde.”
This drama based on the 2000 novel by Joyce Carol Oates presents a version of the inner life of this Hollywood icon and actress Ana de Armas appears to bring the legend to life.
Ana de Armas, known for her roles in “Blade Runner 2049”, and “Knives Out”, among others, will step into the shoes of Marilyn. The actress knows that it is not easy to give life to a legend as great as Monroe, which is why she invested almost a year in improving her performance.
Ana de Armas revealed that it took her 9 months to perfect Marilyn Monroe's voice for her biopic 'Blonde'.
In an interview with The Times of London, the actress said how difficult it was to prepare for this important role. “I tried! It only took me nine months of dialect training and practice, and some ADR sessions,” de Armas said of preparing to have the perfect voice. “It was a great torture, very exhausting. My brain was fried.” I continue.
As for what it was like to play Marilyn in a broader sense, de Armas said: “As a woman in the industry, I had a lot of thoughts, and even in general, about how things from the '30s, '40s and '50s are so identifiable with today. And how if you don't have a solid foundation, with your family and so on, it's very difficult to get ahead, very difficult."
The Cuban actress also told what her audition for her role was like, revealing that the director told her without hesitation “It's you.” “I knew I could do it, playing Marilyn was groundbreaking. A Cuban who plays Marilyn Monroe wanted it so much. "You see that famous photo of her and she's smiling in the moment, but that's only part of what was really going on at that moment," Ana added.
In the film, Ana will not be alone, since she is accompanied by stars such as Garret Dillahunt, Scoot McNairy, Lucy DeVito, Michael Masini, Spencer Garrett, Chris Lemmon, Rebecca Wisocky, Ned Bellamy, and Dan Butler.
