Marilyn Monroe Estate defends Ana de Armas’ casting in Netflix’s ‘Blonde’
Amid backlash for Ana de Armas’ accent in Blonde, Marilyn Monroe estate DEFENDS the actress
Following the release of the Marilyn Monroe biopic golden’s first caravan, suckers came after Ana de Armas who has taken on the part of the iconic princess. utmost netizens had issues with Armas’ accentuation that was supposedly still coming through in the film. The Deep Water actress is firstly Cuban- Spanish which means she automatically has a heavy accentuation while talking in English.
Armas stars as the iconic stunner in Netflix’s forthcoming” golden,” a drama about the life of Monroe. But Armas, who was born in Cuba, does not nail Monroe’s original breathy tone, some critics have indicted. The estate, still, has a different opinion.
” Marilyn Monroe is a singular Hollywood and faddish culture icon that transcends generations and history,” said Marc Rosen, chairman of entertainment at Authentic Brands Group( ABG), which owns the Marilyn Monroe Estate, in a statement to CNN.” Any actor that steps into that part knows they’ve big shoes to fill. Grounded on the caravan alone, it looks like Ana was a great casting choice as she captures Marilyn’s glamour, humanity and vulnerability. We can not stay to see the film in its wholeness!”
Armas has not intimately reflected on the examens, but in an interview with The Times of London, she said she took nine months of shoptalk guiding to get Monroe’s accentuation right.
” golden,” grounded on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates, is a fictionalized retelling of Monroe’s life and chronicles her rise. The film is set to premiere on Netflix on September 28.
Who Was Marilyn Monroe?
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, and model. Famous for playing comedic “blonde bombshell” characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era’s sexual revolution.
Some like her because she was sexy and beautiful; others because she was a funny comedienne. There are people who adore her sensitivity and others who love the way she never stopped trying to make her life more fulfilling.
