Ana de Armas opens up about being a Cuban actress tackling the role of screen siren Marilyn Monroe

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Ana de Armas doesn't want to be typecast.The 34-year-old actress has played a variety of roles on screen, including a crime solving nurse in Knives Out, a spy in No Time to Die and most recently, a CIA operative in The Gray Man.Her most controversial role to date will be as Marilyn Monroe in the Netflix film, Blonde.The versatile star opened up about starring as the iconic actress in an August cover interview with Elle, in which she shares some of her reasons for tackling the troubled actress.

Big shoes to fill: Cuban-born actress Ana de Armas is opening up about being cast to play screen siren Marilyn Monroe in the upcoming Netflix film Blonde; seen July 13 in HollywoodAna, who was born and raised in Cuba, may not have seemed the logical choice to some. 'I do want to play Latina.

But I don't want to put a basket of fruit on my head every single time,' explained the Deep Water star.The movie, which debuts on Netflix September 23, is a fictionalized version of The Gentlemen Prefer Blondes star's life, based on theJoyce Carol Oates historical novel about the screen siren.

Transformation: The 34-year-old actress was transformed into the iconic star for the project, based on the Joyce Carol Oates novel, which takes a fictionalized look at Marilyn Monroe's life; still from the Blonde trailer Recreation: The role required Ana to meticulously recreate scenes from classic films such as The Seven Year Itch and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; stills from the Blonde trailer'So that's my hope, that I can show that we can do anything if we're given the time to prepare, and if we're given just the chance, just the chance,' she added. 'You can do any film — Blonde — you can do anything.'The role calls on The Informer actress to meticulously.