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Ana de Armas On Getting Into Character As Marilyn Monroe For "Blonde"

Mar 22, 2024
♪ ♪ ♪ (Applause) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. FRIENDS, YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST FROM MOVIES LIKE "KNIVES OUT" and "NO TIME TO DIE". NOW STARRING AS MARILYN MONROE IN "BLONDE." PLEASE COME. PLEASE COME. PLEASE. HE IS COMING. PLEASE COME. SHE'S COMING. SHE COMES. SHE'S ALMOST HERE. PLEASE COME. ♪ ♪ ♪ PLEASE COME. ♪ ♪ ♪ MARILYN! MARILYN! MARILYN! MARILYN! Stephen: PLEASE, WELCOME ANA de ARMAS! ♪ ♪ ♪ (Applause) ♪ ♪ ♪ (Applause) Stephen: THANK YOU. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU. I HAVE NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU BEFORE. ME TOO. Stephen: BUT I HAVE BEEN A LONG FAN OF YOURS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Stephen: THAT'S SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT. YES.
ana de armas on getting into character as marilyn monroe for blonde
Stephen: IN THAT MOVIE. AS I TOLD YOU BACKSTAGE, WHO KNEW THAT ANA DE ARMAS LOOKED LIKE MARILYN MONROE. I DON'T. Stephen: DID YOU NOT SUSPECT IT? THIS IS... THIS IS ONE OF THE SCENES FROM THE FILM ALONG WITH THE TYPE OF ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHY LOOK AT YOU TWO THAT INSPIRED IT. TOGETHER. YES. Stephen: And she ACTUALLY IS... THIS HER IS JUST NOT, YOU KNOW, THE WAY YOU NATURALLY LOOK. At that moment, you truly become what we consider Marilyn. RIGHT. Stephen: AND I JUST HAVE CURIOSITIES, IT IS THE CHARACTER OF THE MOVIE, NORMA JEANE... IF I CAN CALL HER A CHARACTER EVEN THOUGH IT IS A BIOGRAPHICAL PHOTO.
ana de armas on getting into character as marilyn monroe for blonde

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NORMA JEANNE SAYS THAT MARILYN DOESN'T EXIST. IT'S NORMA JEANNE. YES. Stephen: BUT IT LOOKS LIKE MARILYN ARRIVES AT THAT MOMENT. WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE IS GOING ON AS AN ACTRESS THAT HAS TO HAVE SOMETHING OF A PUBLIC PERSON, I KNOW. YES, I THINK WE ALL HAVE OUR PUBLIC SELF AND OUR PRIVATE SELF. WITH MARILYN, EVERYTHING IS AMPLIFIED BECAUSE SHE IS THE STAR THAT SHE IS. AND MARILYN, FOR HER, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT SHE HAD TO TURN ON AND OFF WHEN SHE NEEDED IT. She was LIKE A SURVIVAL SOMETHING. Stephen:-- LIKE A COMIC WHO MAKES JOKES SO THE FOOTBALL TEAM DOESN'T HIT HIM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ana de armas on getting into character as marilyn monroe for blonde
WELL... Stephen: THAT WAS MY EXPERIENCE. That's how I became a comedian. YES. So I think for most of the movie, Norma Jeane is present and Marilyn comes, you know, when she needs him. Stephen: NOW, DIRECTOR ANDREW DOMINIK SAID THAT WITHIN THE MINUTE SINCE HE SAW YOU AT YOUR AUDITION, HE KNEW YOU WOULD BE HIS MARILYN. DID YOU HAVE A SENTENCE... TAKE THREE, HE SAID. Stephen: TAKE THREE. THE THIRD TIME YOU auditioned, he knew it. YES. Stephen: ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THERE THINKING YOU HAD THE PART? AH, OH MY GOD, NO, I DON'T THINK HE DID IT.
ana de armas on getting into character as marilyn monroe for blonde
He was just driving down Hollywood Boulevard with this very cheap

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wig and some kind of makeup, and I had the feeling that he had done something good. Esteban: YES. BUT I WAS NOT SURE. I-- I- Stephen: YOU WERE LITERALLY DRIVING DOWN HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD IN A CAR DRESSED LIKE MARILYN BUT THERE'S A LOT OF RON ROW. MARILYNS ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD. YES, I DID IT. Stephen: POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS. WHEN GROWING UP IN CUBA, WERE YOU 18 YEARS OLD? YES. Stephen: WHAT DID YOU KNOW ABOUT MARILYN? WHAT WAS YOUR EXPOSURE? SHE IS AN INTERNATIONAL ICON, BUT WHAT DID YOU KNOW ABOUT HER?
I WAS NOT SURE AND THE OTHER DAY I ASKED MY MOM I REMEMBERED MARILYN MOVIES IF SHE TV AND DEFINITELY DID. I guess at the time I didn't know she was Marilyn, you know. So it was later when I started watching movies after studying in theater school that, you know, I realized that this is Marilyn Monroe and what, you know, what she wanted to say. Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS MISUNDERSTOOD ABOUT MARILYN MONROE OR NORMA JEANE IS THAT SHE IS VERY INTELLIGENT, VERY THOUGHTFUL. YES. Stephen: SHE WAS VERY WELL INFORMED ABOUT THE ROLES SHE PLAY, AND SHE...
THERE IS A WONDERFUL SCENE WHERE SHE SURPRISES ARTHUR MILLER WITH HER PERSPECTIVE, A CHARACTER INFORMS HER ABOUT THE SCRIPT WHICH ACTUALLY SHOWS HER WHAT HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND ABOUT THEIR CHARACTERS. Some famous person said about her that the only problem with her being a dumb

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is that she wasn't dumb and she wasn't blonde. THAT'S CORRECT. Stephen: her THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THAT. I WONDER, AS A YOUNG ACTRESS ON A RAPID UPWARD CAREER, IN WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL HOLLYWOOD IN THE WORLD, IS ANY OF HER STORY RESONANT TO YOU, AS SOMEONE WHO IS BEAUTIFUL BUT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AS AN ARTIST?
ABSOLUTELY. THINKING-- I WAS WONDERING WHAT I THOUGHT AT FIRST I WOULD HAVE IN COMMON WITH HER. AND TO MY SURPRISE, IT WAS MUCH MORE RAY THAN I THOUGHT. AND JUST THIS OPPORTUNITY IS ALMOST CLOSE TO, YOU KNOW, A MIRACLE. A role like this wasn't supposed to come my way. IT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. NOT JUST BECAUSE I AM LATINA AND CUBAN, THEY JUST DO NOT... THEY DO NOT EXIST IN GENERAL. THIS IS SOMETHING VERY, VERY SPECIAL. So the opportunity for me to play this role was just, you know, a dream. Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A RIGHT WITH MORE ANA from QUICK BREAK, BUT WE WILL BE WEAPONS, EVERYONE, STAY. ♪ ♪ ♪ (APPLAUSE)

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