Ana de Armas is looking for more challenges. The Oscar-nominated star of “Blonde” is on the new cover of Vanity Fair‘s Hollywood Issue, and in it she opens up about feeling a connection to Marilyn Monroe. READ MORE: Marilyn Monroe Biopic ‘Blonde’ Starring Ana De Armas Gets 11-Minute Standing Ovation “There was a lot there that I could relate to.
If you put Marilyn Monroe ‘the movie star’ aside, she’s just an actress trying to navigate life and this system, which is so hard to navigate for anybody,” de Armas says. “On top of that, you add this point of view of Andrew’s, which was to see that through her trauma.
I truly thought it was going to do justice to a more dimensional human being, because I wouldn’t want to be remembered just for one thing.
I am more than just an actress on the cover of a magazine. Playing Monroe in “Blonde” was also about diving into the more difficult and sordid sides of Hollywood history. “The sad part for me—and the most challenging—is to see not only what happened in the ’40s and ’50s and ’60s but to see patterns continue to happen,” the actress says. “It’s definitely made me more protective of myself and set boundaries and know my limits for how much I’m willing to give—and how much I want to keep to myself.
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