Ana de Armas is living her best professional moment after having obtained her first Oscar Award nomination for Best Actress. However, in the moments before the ceremony, the actress had an uncomfortable moment with a journalist who asked her an inappropriate question.
Ana de Armas has made history because, in addition to becoming one of the actresses to be able to play Marilyn Monroe, she also became the first Cuban woman to obtain a Best Actress nomination at the Oscars. Her performance in Blonde brought her criticism and applause, but there is no doubt that the actress is living her best moment.
The 95th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards was held last March 12, and the carpet was dyed champagne-colored for all the celebrities to walk on and dazzle with her gorgeous outfits. Of course, Ana de Armas passed by, and she fell in love with everyone with her beautiful Louis Vuitton dress.
As always usually happens during the red carpets of this type of ceremony, reporters and journalists are waiting for the celebrities to give small interviews. And true to her charisma, Ana spoke with various media outlets that asked her about her experience at the Awards and her latest work. However, there was a journalist who crossed the line and the actress was not amused.
It was Axel Kuschevatzky, Argentine an producer and journalist who every year is in charge of directing the transmission of the Oscar Awards for TNT. There, the journalist who was next to Axel asked the actress what the experience of playing Marilyn Monroe was like and the challenges she had to face, to which Ana enthusiastically answered the great moment she lived through and how important it was. That role was for her.
However, Axel wanted to mention another topic and took the opportunity to ask the actress another question. ”People don't know how much effort it took you to come to the United States together with Colleen Camp. Living for weeks in Alex Pettyfer's chair, making a very big effort-" Kuschevatzky began to say. But when he mentioned Alex Pettyfer, Ana de Armas's face changed drastically and she stopped him.
"Whose?" she asked him very seriously. "From my friend Alex Pettyfer," said the interviewer, and at the expression of the actress who asked him again who he was talking about, Axel tried to redirect the question, although the damage had already been done. "I mean the people who helped you-" he reformulated the question, but the actress interrupted him to make a forceful clarification. "I did not live in any armchair."
For those who don't know, Alex Pettyfer is a 32-year-old British actor. He is mostly known for having starred in the movie I Am Number Four, but he has also been a part of other popular films like Magic Mike, Heart of the Beast, and Eternal Love, among others. It is unknown why his name came up in the interview since the actor never worked with Ana nor was it ever mentioned that they were friends or had some kind of relationship.
The moment quickly turned awkward, and as Axel Kuschevatzky finished her question, the actress stared at the floor in disgust, waiting for the interview to end. “There have been many years of a lot of work and a lot of effort and sacrifice and leaving people behind and taking risks,” she added before saying goodbye and leaving.
The truth is that after this moment went live, social networks did not take long to echo and repudiate the journalist's comments, which were unnecessary and very out of place. In addition, the face of Ana de Armas, and even of the journalist herself who was next to Axel, spoke for themselves. Since then, the meeting has not stopped being criticized on social networks.
Despite that unpleasant moment and not having won the Best Actress statuette (since Michelle Yeoh was the winner for Everything Everywhere at the Same Time), Ana de Armas was very excited to have been there. In addition, her career and her time at the Oscars have just begun, since she still has several projects and paths to explore.
