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Jan 2023
50m 42s

Ana De Armas (September 2022)

WILLIE GEIST, SUNDAY TODAY
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In the movie Blonde, Ana De Armas is in every scene playing the lead role of Marilyn Monroe. Director Andrew Dominik has been developing the fictionalized movie, based on a novel, for more than a decade. He cast De Armas as the lead seven years ago when he saw the actress in her first-ever English language film. In the time since, she caught the attention of ... Show More
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