Brad Pitt defends Ana de Armas also in ‘Blonde’: “She is phenomenal like Marilyn”

There has recently been a wave of criticism and comment on social networks about Ana de Armas’ interpretation and accent as Marilyn Monroe in the new Netflix movie, ‘Blonde’. Now, actor Brad Pitt has come out to defend the Cuban-Spanish actress.

Through his company Plan B, Brad Pitt is a producer of ‘blonde’, the new original drama from Netflix, and after the comments received from the protagonist, the actor of’ The Fight Club ‘commented that he had already seen the film, and was shocked by the characterization of Marilyn Monroe.

Currently, Brad Pitt is promoting “Bullet Train” and during an interview he was asked about the choice of Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in ‘blonde’, and this was also defended by the company that holds the image rights of the deceased actress.

Ana is phenomenal in the role of Marilyn. And even more so if we take into account that this is a very difficult dress to fill “

In this regard, ‘Blonde’ is directed by Andrew Dominik, and he spent more than 15 years in development, until Netflix bought the rights in 2016: “It was 10 years of development process. Only when we found Ana did we manage to cross the finish line. ” Brad Pitt on the actress of ‘The gray man’.

Ana de Armas is criticized for the role of Marilyn Monroe in “Blonde”

Following the release of Netflix’s first trailer for ‘Blonde’, the owners of Marilyn Monroe’s image and estate came out to defend Ana de Armas: “Any actress who fills that role knows she has big shoes to fill. Based on the trailer alone, it looks like Ana was a great casting choice as she captures Marilyn’s charm, humanity and vulnerability. ”

In the past, Ana de Armas has talked about her work on ‘Blonde’ for Netflix Queue: “We’ve been working on this movie for hours, every day for almost a year. I read Joyce’s novel, studied hundreds of photographs, videos, audio recordings, films, whatever I could get my hands on. Each scene is inspired by an existing photograph. We went through every detail of the photo and discussed what was going on in it. ”

Netflix’s “Blonde” is based on the novel of the same name written by Joyce Carol Oates and will be a dramatic fiction, contrary to what has been deemed a biopic. The film with Ana de Armas and Adrien Brody will be released on September 28 on Netflix.