Ana de Armas, who takes on the role of Marilyn Monroe in Netflix's movie on the starlet, Blonde, reveals that she and the crew went to Monroe's grave: 'We were asking for permission in a way.'
Ana de Armas says that she and the crew visited Marilyn Monroe's grave to ask permission for upcoming film Blonde. The Netflix film comes after plenty of media centered on Hollywood starlet Monroe, including 2012 biopic My Week with Marilyn, 2001's Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days, and 1991 TV movie Norma Jean and Marilyn. While some projects have leaned more heavily into biography, others take liberties with the icon's life and fictionalize aspects of the history.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Directed by Andrew Dominik, Blonde has been marketed as a no-holds-barred, nearly sordid exploration of Monroe's life, even earning an NC-17 rating. Alongside de Armas, the film will star Adrien Brody as Arthur Miller, Bobby Cannavale as Joe DiMaggio, Julianne Nicholson as Gladys Pearl Baker, and Caspar Phillipson as John F. Kennedy.
“We got this big card and everyone in the crew wrote a message to her. Then we went to the cemetery and put it on her grave. We were asking for permission in a way. Everyone felt a huge responsibility, and we were very aware of the side of the story we were going to tell – the story of Norma Jeane, the person behind this character, Marilyn Monroe. Who was she really?”
De Armas' comments show the lengths she and the rest of the crew were willing to go in order to pay respect to Monroe with Blonde. Though a grave visit may seem like a small gesture, de Armas and the crew could have taken a different approach to the material since their film is a fictionalized version of Monroe's life.
While some could call de Armas' approach to connecting with Monroe strange, it's clear that she took her duty as an actor bringing the starlet to life once again very seriously. With so many biopics and projects about Monroe, Blonde is working to set itself apart with the intentionality behind the film, which de Armas speaks to here. Her approach seems to have paid off, with early reviews for the film praising de Armas' performance.
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