Ana de Armas is preemptively disgusted by the idea of her Marilyn Monroe nude scenes going viral
Still: "I don’t think it gave me second thoughts," the Blonde actor says, unprompted
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2022 is the year of the looooong promo tour: if you thought the build-up for Don’t Worry Darling, a movie filmed during the pandemic, was bad, just be grateful it wasn’t Blonde, a movie filmed long before the pandemic and is only now finally seeing the light. (It premieres on Netflix on September 28.) Rumblings of Ana de Armas’ revelatory performance have been going on for actual years leading up to the release. In a new Variety profile, the actor admits to having seen the film “too many times to count,” mostly with small groups of close confidants.
With all that time to contemplate her biggest swing yet, de Armas has already anticipated some of the reactions to her depiction of Marilyn Monroe. “I know what’s going to go viral, and it’s disgusting,” she tells the outlet, “unprompted,” referencing the graphic nude scenes in the NC-17-rated film. “It’s upsetting just to think about it. I can’t control it; you can’t really control what they do and how they take things out of context.” She adds (presumably without being asked), “I don’t think it gave me second thoughts; it just gave me a bad taste to think about the future of those clips.”
It’s impossible to argue with de Armas’ thought process; the Internet is forever and some horny freaks are sure to take pleasure in the depiction of a beautiful actress’ exploitation. But so far, the most viral reactions to the biopic highlight its unrelenting brutality of Monroe, subjecting her (and the viewer) to violence, sexual assault, and an immediately-infamous talking fetus scene.
Much has already been made about de Armas seeking permission from Monroe’s grave (!!!) to depict her in such extremes, and Monroe’s ghost possibly haunting the set. But de Armas was undaunted by the challenges: “I did things in this movie I would have never done for anyone else, ever. I did it for her, and I did it for [director] Andrew [Dominik],” she says. All that for a movie that is so far getting middling reviews—it’s uncertain whether having those nude clips immortalized on the internet was worth it.
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As opposed to her other nude scenes which are only a click away?
To quote Rosie O’Donnell in a League of Their Own: “You think there’s a man out there who hasn’t seen your bosoms?”
I was bout to say this. I feel like I’ve seen her topless in a lot of movies. Unless she grew a new boob, Blonde is just another on the pile.
What’s green and has 100 breasts?
10 female Triffids?
A ballpoint banana!
I would really like to know the answer.
Whole Foods meat section?
That’s a better answer than the one I had.
An envious sorority?
Fuck it, it’s about time for another Total Recall reboot.
Best to just let us know the exact moment these scenes will be happening so we can look away. Standard time stamp notations will do.
“I am so disgusted that you all would be drawn to the numerous nude scenes in my NC-17 rated movie, available wide on Netflix September 28th.”
Right? This does feel a little disingenuous, given the environment we live in. (To be clear, the fundamental problem is the environment, not the way de Armas is reacting here.)
“I cannot BELIEVE those meanies gave us an NC-17. I mean, it’s just graphic sex and nudity. Nude. Graphic.”
Boobies even!
Yeah that’s not what she’s saying. She’s lamenting the fact that, for certain people, the work she did on a project she feels deeply about is going to devolve into nothing more than “hehe boobs”. Look at the last reply made to you if you have any doubt.
Oh my goodness! These nude scenes I did are going to be memes! I totally don’t want these nude scenes I do to become memes! I should be able to do nude scenes without being abused over it! Did I mention I’m nude? NUDDDDDEEE!!!!
You were so close. You actually had the point right there and chose to ignore it.
shoebox! i missed you you dumb fucking asshole! Die in fire you cunt.
You are one angry virgin.
@shoeboxBYE!
it will be worth it to me
You filmed nude scenes in the internet age. What did you think was going to eventually happen?
Of course, I chalk all this up to Selling The Movie, but it still seems naive at best.
Remember when Alyssa Milano’s mom’s job was to try and shut down every website that illegally posted pictures of Alyssa Milano naked from movies she had done. It’s crazy how much the internet has changed so much where now it is hard to believe someone would ever think that would work.
She didn’t do a very good job.
This made me look up if Mr. Skin still exists. Sure does.
I always think of Paul Rudd trying to imitate the Mr Skin logo grin whenever this website is mentioned.
Celebrity Movie Archive is good too.
There already was a part in Alex Garland’s “Devs” where people watch Monroe and Arthur Miller having sex. One of the cast refers to it as “The ultimate celebrity sex tape.”
Person living in 21st century “shocked” to learn that humans like sex…news at 11..
Pretty sure this is a humblebrag.
At least we found something to discuss other than her accent.
“Middling reviews”. So no possibility of a sequel?
Interviewer: Does she have a big part? Carl French: She is the star of the film. Interviewer: And dead. Carl French: Well, we dug her up and gave her a screen test, a mere formality in her case, and… Interviewer: Can she still act? Carl French: Well… well, she-she’s still has this-this enormous, ah-ah, kinda indefinable, uh… no.
i.e. the only parts of the movie I’m interested in.
I hate to keep dunking on this poor woman, because I loved her in Knives Out and she was by far the best thing about that putrid Bond movie. BUT… what does she think those of us of a certain age did before the Internet? VCR tapes don’t like constant rewinding, you know.On a personal note, I’d like to thank Mary Louise Weller, Sarah Holcomb and Karen Allen in Animal House.
Oh, I see…
“The Internet is forever and some horny freaks are sure to take pleasure in the depiction of a beautiful actress’ exploitation” Is it being said that Ana de Armas is being exploited? Or that Marilyn being nude in the script is exploitative? The phrasing here is throwing me for a loop.
The word “depiction” here makes me think they’re referring to Monroe.
Pretty sure it goes beyond Marilyn being nude, “actress’ exploitation” here is indicating that these are scenes where she is sexual assaulted.
According to real true history, Marilyn Monroe was never nude ever. At all.
Dozens of them. Dozens.
I was just thinking today about how we’ve always been told that “the Internet is forever,” but 25 or so years into this whole endeavor, hasn’t that turned out to be not the case? Sure, Ana’s nude scenes will probably always be around, but how many of us have had a website or video we loved abruptly just disappear, and you can’t find another copy of it? Whether it be because of copyright claims, or because someone didn’t want to pay a server fee anymore, so much of the Internet just goes away (which is probably how it should be). Hell, there used to be a naked photo of me on a semi-legitimate website (photo slideshow from when I decided to to participate in a naked protest event, oh to be 23 again!), and it took less than a decade for that website to be gutted by corporate powers and shut down. Anyway, I can’t wait to watch Blonde.
“It’s impossible to argue with de Armas’ thought process; the Internet is forever and some horny freaks are sure to take pleasure in the depiction of a beautiful actress’ exploitation”Getting turned on by an attractive actress participating in graphic sex scenes? Is there no end to the depravity of these sick fucks?
Getting turned on is one thing. It’s another thing to pause your computer, take a screen shot of the most lurid image, and then upload with asinine captions for all the bottom feeders to salivate to. Yeah, as an actress I’d be annoyed by that.
Good thing you’re not an actress, David.
And the chuds in the comments are only proving her point.
Graphic scenes of sexual assault.
. . . because fetishists don’t exist.
Sound brutal in context, yes. And maybe I’m too inured to the extent of horny freakishness out there, but I find the thought of people getting off to de-contextualized stills of boobs to be comparatively…tame.
Yes, we got it.
How many weeks/months after her statements will she reveal that she didn’t have to do the nudity but someone forced her to?
Either have a no nudity clause (a fair thing to do) or deal with it. The internet exists and isn’t going anywhere.