Ana de Armas’ recent performance of Marilyn Monroe in Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde” caused quite the stir due to the film’s controversial take on the iconic “blonde bombshell.”
The adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ novel about the late star focused on Monroe’s dark side, which de Armas said was “important to show.”
Read More: Ana De Armas ‘Didn’t Understand Why’ Marilyn Monroe Film ‘Blonde’ Was Rated Nc-17
“There is this photographic memory that we all have of Marilyn. So we think we know what was happening at that time,” she told Eddie Redmayne for Variety‘s Actors on Actors issue.
She believes viewers have been having a “tough” time understanding the movie because it gives “a different interpretation to those images, mixed with the story of the book. The emotional truth is so powerful in the film that it’s hard to separate that it’s not a biopic.
The adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ novel about the late star focused on Monroe’s dark side, which de Armas said was “important to show.”
Read More: Ana De Armas ‘Didn’t Understand Why’ Marilyn Monroe Film ‘Blonde’ Was Rated Nc-17
“There is this photographic memory that we all have of Marilyn. So we think we know what was happening at that time,” she told Eddie Redmayne for Variety‘s Actors on Actors issue.
She believes viewers have been having a “tough” time understanding the movie because it gives “a different interpretation to those images, mixed with the story of the book. The emotional truth is so powerful in the film that it’s hard to separate that it’s not a biopic.
- 12/9/2022
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
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