Ana de Armas Doesn't 'Understand' Why 'Blonde' Got NC-17 Rating When Other Films Are 'Way More Explicit'

Ana de Armas inBlonde(2022).Photo: Netflix Ana de Armasdoesn’t think herMarilyn Monroemovie deserves its NC-17 rating. “I didn’t understand why that happened. I can tell you a number of shows or movies that are way more explicit with a lot more sexual content thanBlonde,” shetoldL’Officiel. “But to tell this story it is important to show all these moments in Marilyn’s life that made her end up the way that she did,” continued de Armas, 34.

Ana de Armas Left Letter on Marilyn Monroe's Grave to Ask for 'Permission' Before 'Blonde'

Photo: Craig McDean Ana de Armasand theBlondecrew went directly to the source to get “permission” of sorts from the lateMarilyn Monroe. The fictionalized new movie, streaming on Netflix Wednesday, stars de Armas, 34, as Monroe, who died in 1962 at 36. SpeakingwithAnOthermagazine, the actress said she left a handwritten card on Monroe’s grave in Westwood Village Memorial Park the first day of production onBlonde. “We got this big card and everyone in the crew wrote a message to her.

Ana de Armas on Being Cuban and Playing Marilyn Monroe: 'We Can Do Anything' If 'Given the Chance'

Ana de Armas inBlonde(2022).Photo: Netflix Ana de Armasrefuses to be put in a box. In an August cover interview withELLE, the actress touches on her role asMarilyn MonroeinNetflix’s upcomingBlonde, whichearned an NC-17 ratingand “boldly reimagines the life of Marilyn Monroe, exploring the split between her public and private selves,” according to an official synopsis. Discussing playing a fictionalized version of Monroe as a Latina woman, de Armas, 34, said, “I do want to play Latina.

Ana de Armas Says Attention on Her Personal Life Feels 'Dangerous and Unsafe'

Ana de Armaswants the public to focus on her work and not on her personal life. TheBlondeactress, 34, wasromantically linkedwith herDeepWatercostarBen Affleck(who is now married to Jennifer Lopez) back in March 2020. A source later told PEOPLE in January 2021that the pair had broken up, saying that de Armas “doesn’t want to be Los Angeles–based” anymore. TheKnives OutstartoldVarietyin a new cover story that the paparazzi and online attention on aspects of her life, such as her relationships, was concerning to her.

Ana de Armas Says She 'Left L.A.' Because of 'Horrible' Attention on Her Ben Affleck Relationship

Photo: PHOTOGRAPHED BY: CHRISTIAN MACDONALDAna de Armasfled Los Angeles because of unwanted attention to her personal life.The Gray Manactress, 34, was firstromantically linkedwith herDeepWatercostarBen Affleckback in March 2020, when they were seen on a trip to her native Cuba. They were frequently seen together as they both spent lockdown together in Los Angeles during the pandemic. The actressconfirmed their relationship on Instagramthat April when she shared photos of them spending time together for her birthday.