Blonde Film Faces Backlash Because It’s Based On Fiction As Well As Ana de Armas’ Cuban Accent

After Netflix released the new trailer for Andrew Dominik’s Blonde last Thursday, many took to Twitter to criticize the NC-17 Marilyn Monroe movie for being based on fiction as well as Ana’s Cuban accent from Weapons.

The 34-year-old Golden Globe nominee – who only learned English in 2015 – spent an ‘entire year’ trying to perfect the legendary blonde bombshell’s Hollywood accent with dialect coach Jessica Drake .

But the backlash has already started with Twitter users lambasting Ana’s accent as ‘terrible’ with some saying she ‘doesn’t look anything like Marilyn Monroe.’

Valiant effort: The 34-year-old Golden Globe nominee – who only learned English in 2015 – spent an ‘entire year’ trying to perfect the legendary blonde bombshell’s Hollywood accent with the coach of Jessica Drake dialect

The 54-year-old Kiwi director also served as a screenwriter, adapting Joyce Carol Oates’ novel Blonde, which bolsters the conspiracy theory that the Golden Globe winner was murdered by former US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.

Blonde will present a scene where Marilyn would have been raped by ‘Mr. Z’ (David Warshofsky) aka Fox Studio Head Darryl F. Zanuck, who was thinly veiled in the 752-page work of fiction.

‘Reminder Blonde is heavily based on a fictional book about Marilyn Monroe which [feed] the public lies more about him,’ Twitter user @moonyves wrote. “It’s not a biopic.”

And Twitter user @four7878 wrote: ‘Blonde is NC-17 and a fictional tale of Marilyn Monroe. It’s basically traumatic porn but literal on the porn part.

‘I don’t know if I’ll be able to get over the accent’: But the backlash has already started with Twitter users calling Ana’s accent ‘horrible’, with some saying she’s ‘nothing like Marilyn Monroe”

Source material: The 54-year-old Kiwi director also served as a screenwriter, adapting Joyce Carol Oates’ novel Blonde, which bolsters the conspiracy theory that the Golden Globe winner was murdered by the former attorney general American Robert F. Kennedy.

“I think this movie is going to throw people off, you know, the way it was told,” De Armas (born Caso) admitted. rotten tomatoes last Wednesday.

“I think it’s not a traditional biopic. It’s not literal. It’s not conventional. It’s not even chronological. It’s more like an experiment. And the audience will – l The hope is that he will feel what it was like to be her.

In February, Dominik said the early backlash was “the fucking audience’s problem” and assured “the one thing no one will complain about is Ana’s performance”.

Sexually assaulted before the #MeToo movement: Blonde will present a scene where Marilyn was allegedly raped by ‘Mr. Z’ (R, David Warshofsky) aka Fox Studio Head Darryl F. Zanuck, who was thinly veiled in the 752-page work of fiction

Twitter users including @moonyves wrote: ‘Reminder Blonde is heavily based on a fictional book about Marilyn Monroe which [feed] the public lies more about him. This is not a biopic

“It’s an NC-17 movie about Marilyn Monroe, that’s kind of what you want, isn’t it?” Andrew (Killing Them Softly, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) told Variety.

“I want to go see the NC-17 version of the Marilyn Monroe story.”

Some have seen Blonde and fully approved of it – including 84-year-old author and Jamie Lee Curtis, whose father Tony Curtis (played by Michael Masini) co-starred with Monroe in Some Like It Hot.

Blonde will have its world premiere in competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31-September 10) before premiering September 28 on Netflix.

De Armas (born Caso) admitted last Wednesday to Rotten Tomatoes: “I think this movie is going to throw people off, you know, the way it was told. I think it’s not a traditional biopic. This ain’t literal. it ain’t conventional’

She continued, “It’s not even chronological. It’s more like an experience. And the audience will – the hope is that they will feel what it was like to be her’

‘I want to go see the NC-17 version of the Marilyn Monroe story’: In February, Dominik (left) said the early backlash was ‘the fucking public’s problem’ and assured ‘the only thing that no one will do”. complain about Ana’s performance

“Go ahead and blow up the internet!” Some have seen Blonde and fully approved – including 84-year-old author and Jamie Lee Curtis, whose father Tony Curtis (played by Michael Masini) co-starred with Monroe in Some Like It Hot.

Airing September 28 on Netflix! Blonde will have its world premiere in competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31-September 10)

Brad Pitt served as one of six producers on the two-hour, 45-minute film – which also features Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Xavier Samuel and Julianne Nicholson.

It’s technically the second adaptation of Blonde after Joyce Chopra’s 2001 three-hour TV movie CBS starring Australian actress Poppy Montgomery.

Next Thursday marks the 60th anniversary of the death of Marilyn (née Norma Jeane Mortenson), at the age of 36, from a barbiturate overdose.

21 years ago! It’s technically the second adaptation of Blonde after Joyce Chopra’s 2001 three-hour TV movie CBS starring Australian actress Poppy Montgomery.

Icon: Next Thursday marks the 60th anniversary of the death of Marilyn (née Norma Jeane Mortenson), aged 36, from a barbiturate overdose (pictured in 1953)