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Ana de Armas channeled the legendary Marilyn Monroe as she walked the carpet for the world premiere of Blonde on the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 8. The Cuban-born actress, 34, who performs Marilyn within the Andrew Dominik-directed reimagining of the late actress’ life, surprised in a stunning pink robe by Louis Vuitton. The costume featured a plunging neckline and pleated materials that appeared to pay homage to certainly one of Marilyn’s most iconic seems: The white halter-neck costume she wore within the 1955 movie, The Seven Yr Itch, which she needed to maintain down as a vent within the floor blew air up at her.
Ana regarded elated to be strolling the carpet for the movie, which is slated to drop on Netflix on Sept. 23, as she flashed a stunning smile to photographers. Ana went all-out to decorate the costume and donned an excellent diamond necklace by Messika designed to appear to be wings coming collectively round her neck and a glistening diamond bracelet on her left wrist. She paired the glowing jewels with stud earrings and a dainty ring on her proper pinky finger. Her lovely brunette hair was styled in traditional Hollywood glamor waves.
Though Ana’s efficiency is already getting rave evaluations, the street to the premiere has not been simple. Earlier within the 12 months, Ana got here beneath hearth for having a Spanish accent, which made trolls imagine she was unfit to play the California-born popular culture icon. Nonetheless, Brad Pitt, who serves as a producer on Blonde, got here to her protection and stated Ana is the one motive why the film may occur. “It was 10 years within the making,” the Advert Astra star, 58, advised Entertainment Tonight in August concerning the movie. “It wasn’t till we discovered Ana that we may get it throughout the end line.” He additionally stated he believes the Golden Globe nominee did a “phenomenal” job portraying Marilyn.
“I solely needed to audition for Marilyn as soon as and Andrew stated, ‘It’s you,’” the Knives Out star advised Vanity Fair in 2020, seemingly confirming Brad’s statements. “However I needed to audition for everybody else,” she continued. “The producers. The cash individuals. I at all times have individuals I wanted to persuade. However I knew I may do it. Enjoying Marilyn was groundbreaking. A Cuban taking part in Marilyn Monroe. I wished it so badly.”
Ana additionally revealed how a lot work went into ensuring she portrayed Marilyn completely, each the the stage Marilyn and the actual her: Norma Jeane Mortenson. “We labored on this movie for hours, each single day for nearly a 12 months,” she advised Netflix Queue in June. “I learn Joyce [Carol]’s novel, studied tons of of images, movies, audio recordings, movies — something I may get my palms on. Each scene is impressed by an present {photograph}. We’d pore over each element within the photograph and debate what was occurring in it. The primary query was at all times, ‘What was Norma Jeane feeling right here?’ We wished to inform the human aspect of her story. Fame is what made Marilyn probably the most seen individual on this planet, nevertheless it additionally made Norma probably the most invisible.”
Additional describing what the film is about, she added, “The movie strikes alongside together with her emotions and her experiences. There are moments after we are inside her physique and thoughts, and this can give the viewers a chance to expertise what it was prefer to be Norma and Marilyn on the similar time.”