Ana de Armas has gone through an impressive path since she landed in Hollywood and has been able to share the screen with great actors, including Robert De Niro, who made a tender gesture with her after meeting her.
Ana de Armas is going through her best professional moment. The Cuban actress began her career almost 20 years ago in her native country, and after several years working in Spain, in 2015 she made the big leap to Hollywood, where she currently triumphs. Today, she is one of the most promising and in-demand actresses in the industry and she is coming off her first Best Actress nomination at the Oscars.
The first English-language film that Ana de Armas starred in was The Dark Side of Desire, an erotic thriller directed by Eli Roth where she shared the cast with Keanu Reeves. And after a couple of more films, in 2016 a film arrived that allowed him to work with one of the greats of cinema: Robert De Niro.
The film in question was Manos de Piedra, a biopic that focused on the life of the famous Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán. In this way, we see how Roberto (Édgar Ramírez) prepares to fight with the American Sugar Ray Leonard (Usher). To do this, he enlists the help of legendary trainer Ray Arcel (Robert De Niro).
In said film, Ana de Armas was in charge of playing Felicidad Iglesias, Roberto's wife. Although it was a minor role in the film, her presence was enough to impress quite a few people, including Robert De Niro, who became very fond of her during the filming of the film and who did not hesitate to surprise her with a beautiful gesture.
Recently, she Ana she officiated as a guest host of Saturday Night Live, and it was during her opening monologue that she remembered the emotional gesture of the Taxi Driver actor. "One day on set he told me 'I may be going to Cuba soon, and if I go, I'll stop by to say hello to your family.' He even asked me for his phone number ”she began, recounting her.
“I had totally forgotten about this and one day, out of the blue, I got a call from my dad who was hysterical. And I'm like, 'Dad, what's up?' And he's like, 'Robert De Niro just visited me at work. That was such a kind gesture, and I have been very lucky to have been able to work with so many actors who have supported me,” she added.
Let's remember that Ana de Armas was born in Havana, Cuba, and at the age of 18, she left her family to move to Spain so she could pursue her dreams of being an actress. Hands of Stone was the first American film that Ana de Armas filmed while she was still living in Spain, so she was still quite new to the industry, and that's why Robert De Niro's gesture meant so much to her, plus the fact that the actor was the one who helped her get the role in the film.
