Why does Ana de Armas have to win the Oscar for ‘Blonde’?

Ana de Armas has become the first Cuban actress to be nominated for an Oscar Award of the Academy and the eighth Latina, although she also has Spanish nationality and her career took off in our country. ‘Blonde’ may be a masterpiece or a tacky disaster, but what we can all agree on is that Ana de Armas has embroidered it by bringing Marilyn Monroe back to life like it never left.

De Armas’ historic nomination could be completed with an even more historic triumph, winning the statuette for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in ‘Blonde’ against names such as Cate Blanchett (‘TÁR’), Andrea Riseborough (‘To Leslie’) Michelle Williams (‘The Fabelmans’) and Michelle Yeoh (‘Everything at once everywhere’). She will have it very, very difficult, but the actress has given more than enough reasons to obtain recognition from the Academy.

The controversy over the accent of ‘Ana de Armas’ in ‘Blonde’ was largely overcome as soon as the film made its international debut on Netflix and Critics and fans from all over the world hallucinated the reincarnation of Marilyn Monroe in the body of De Armas. Even Colin Farrell himself praised the work of Ana de Armas at the last Golden Globes gala.

The actress has given up body and soul for the role. She had some very big shoes to fill, and she hasn’t saved anything. His sacrifice, his total dedication and the passion with which he faced his work remind us of other great and long-suffering performances worthy of an Oscar. like those of Leonardo Di Caprio in ‘The Revenant’ or Jared Leto in ‘Dallas Buyers Club’. In our interview with Ana de Armas for ‘Blonde’, she stated that “Making ‘Blonde’ was super exhausting, hard, laborious and stressful. We shot in 48 days and there was a very low budget and also Andrew is a super meticulous and perfectionist director, and so am I…so it was a nightmare for everyone to work with us.” But acting well is not “having a bad time” during filming. And this is something that is often confused.

Ana de Armas’s performance in the Netflix movie is not superlative due to the fact that she gives everything for her character. The truth is that, beyond that, the number of nuances with which he faces a challenge in a language that is not his own, getting into the skin of one of the most recognized icons of cinema (and of popular culture in general) worldwide, is worthy of admiration. De Armas manages to convey the innocent and pure joy of the actress through the widest of her smiles and the infinite, lonely and misunderstood sadness with just a glazed look.

In a script and an irregular staging and full of strident ups and downs and, in a certain way, even controversial and bordering on the overexploitation of a myth, De Armas is the anchor that makes everything maintain a minimum halo of credibility. Proof of this is that his is the only nomination for a film designed and created for the awards season. She is the only one who is up to the proposal, and not only that. She elevates everything else.

That Ana de Armas deserves to win the Oscar for Best Leading Actress does not mean that Cate Blanchett (the great favourite) or the rest of the competitors are not more than worthy to get hold of the statuette as well. A victory for the Spanish-Cuban is highly improbable according to all forecasts, although we have seen rarer things at the Oscars… And much more unfair. Also, Blanchett already has 2 (Check here all the Oscar winners for Best Actress). share a little.