Ana de Armas Defended By Marilyn Monroe Estate After People Criticised Her ‘Blonde’ Accent
The official Marilyn Monroe Property has come to the defence of Ana de Armas, who’s enjoying the Hollywood icon in Andrew Dominiks upcoming drama ‘Blonde’.
An official trailer for the movie premiered on-line July 28 and left many viewers outraged over de Armas’ casting as a result of her accent didn’t solely match Monroe’s iconic tone. The movie shouldn’t be authorised by Monroe’s property, however the group stands by de Armas’ casting nonetheless, studies ‘Selection’.
“Marilyn Monroe is a singular Hollywood and popular culture icon that transcends generations and historical past,” stated Marc Rosen, president of leisure at Genuine Manufacturers Group (ABG), which owns the Marilyn Monroe Property.
“Any actor that steps into that function is aware of they’ve huge sneakers to fill. Based mostly on the trailer alone, it appears like Ana was an incredible casting alternative as she captures Marilyn’s glamour, humanity and vulnerability. We are able to’t wait to see the movie in its entirety!”
De Armas beforehand instructed The Instances of London that she spent practically a complete yr engaged on her Monroe accent for ‘Blonde’ earlier than filming began.
The actor stated: “It took me 9 months of dialect teaching, and working towards and a few ADR classes (to get the accent proper). It was an enormous torture, so exhausting. My mind was fried.”
‘Blonde’ is predicated on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates. The drama reimagines the lifetime of Monroe, from her risky childhood as Norma Jeane by way of her rise to stardom. The supporting forged contains Bobby Cannavale, Adrien Brody, Julianne Nicholson, Xavier Samuel and Evan Williams. The movie will debut in competitors on the Venice Movie Competition.
The vast majority of complaints about de Armas’ casting famous that she maintained her Cuban accent, which isn’t how Monroe sounded. De Armas instructed Self-importance Truthful in 2020 that Dominik’s determination to forged a Cuban actor as an American icon was “groundbreaking”.
“I solely needed to audition for Marilyn as soon as and Andrew stated �It’s you,’ however I needed to audition for everybody else,” de Armas instructed the journal.
“The producers. The cash folks. I all the time have folks I wanted to persuade. However I knew I may do it. Taking part in Marilyn was groundbreaking. A Cuban enjoying Marilyn Monroe. I needed it so badly. You see that well-known picture of her and she or he is smiling within the second, however that’s only a slice of what she was actually going by way of on the time.”
‘Blonde’ will launch on Netflix on September 28.
Moreover the Marilyn Monroe film, Ana de Armas is increasing her filmography as she stars in a number of movies from totally different style. She was seen in a psychological thriller, Deep Water, with Ben Affleck and motion film, The Grey Man, alongside Ryan Gosling.
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