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Netflix's 'Blonde': Fans demand Oscar for Ana de Armas's 'hauntingly exquisite' portrayal of Marilyn Monroe

As soon as the movie surfaced on Netflix, fans flooded the social media with praise for Ana de Armas

Since making its debut at this year’s Venice Film Festival, fans have been waiting to see Andrew Dominik’s ‘Blonde’ on Netflix and get to know why this movie is receiving such extreme reviews. The movie, based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates, is a fictionalized take on Marilyn Monroe’s life behind the camera and how she never got the life she deserved. The Netflix drama flick also explores how she transformed herself from Norma Jean to the charismatic Marilyn Monroe even when she’s enduring so much of abuse.

Overall, the movie has been a topic of discussion for a long time. A lot of people believe that ‘Blonde’ is just an addition to a long list of movies that exploits the women of Hollywood. Meanwhile, there are others who feel that Dominik’s movie is a “harrowing experience” and does nothing good for Monroe’s legacy. However, Ana de Armas has received universal acclaim for her riveting portrayal of the legendary Hollywood figure.

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Fans can’t stop raving about the actor’s exquisite performance and flooded social media with extraordinary reactions. Some called her the best part of the movie while others named her a frontrunner for this year’s Best Actress Oscar. One of the fans said, “I literally can’t get over how incredible Ana De Armas is in Blonde on Netflix…her portrayal of Marilyn is…hauntingly exquisite. My god, what a performance. Incredible”. Another social media user wrote, “And the Oscar for Best Actress goes to… Ana de Armas in “Blonde”. Another fan tweeted, “Ana de Armas delivers a powerful performance that cannot be reckoned with. Decoding Marilyn is a difficult task and it manages to dig beneath the layers of truth and fantasy, the vision/persona she created & the speculations that make her an enigma of popular culture”.

“If Ana de Armas does not win an Academy Award for portraying Marilyn Monroe in #Blonde it will be a travesty. She was absolutely spellbinding and her performance is so heartbreaking,” tweeted another user. “Ana de Armas, is Wonderful and Unforgettable in #Blonde,” wrote another fan. “Ana de Armas did really good in “blonde” she channeled Marilyn Monroe very well,” said another user.

While talking to The Hollywood Reporter about playing Monroe in ‘Blonde’, the ‘Gray Man’ star noted that she said yes to the role because she wanted to “push” herself and had no fear in saying that the movie “changed her life”.

The Cuban-Spanish actor made her Hollywood with the 2015 movie ‘Knock Knock’ alongside Keanu Reeves. However, she garnered worldwide acclaim with her role in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic ‘Blade Runner 2049’. Meanwhile, acclaimed movies like ‘Knives Out’, ‘The Night Clerk’, ‘No Time To Die’, ‘Deep Water’, and ‘The Gray Man’ took her popularity to a new level. With every movie, she shows the world how versatile she can carry a movie on her shoulders if given a chance and ‘Blonde’ is the perfect example.

The movie currently holds a rating of 50% on Rotten Tomatoes.

‘Blonde’ is streaming exclusively on Netflix.