Ana de Armas and ‘Blonde’ earn heat response in Venice

CNN
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Ana de Armas grew emotional on the premiere of her Marilyn Monroe biopic, “Blonde,” on the Venice Film Festival.

The movie landed a 14-minute standing ovation on Thursday, the place de Armas was seen wiping tears from her face and hugging her costar, Adrien Brody.

The actress stars as Monroe within the film, which was tailored from Joyce Carol Oates’ novel of the identical identify. Brody performs her third husband, Arthur Miller.

Brody had earlier praised her efficiency on the movie’s press convention, saying de Armas was capable of transport him “to a different time and place.”

De Armas instructed the UK’s Sunday Times that the function required numerous preparation.

‘It took me 9 months of dialect teaching, and training and a few extra dialogue substitute periods [to perfect the accent]. It was an enormous torture, so exhausting. My mind was fried,” she instructed the outlet.

Brad Pitt, a producer on the movie, additionally confirmed as much as the premiere.

Blonde is out on Netflix on 28 September.