Marilyn Monroe Estate Defends Ana de Armas’ Accent in Blonde

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Marilyn Monroe Estate Defends Ana de Armas' Accent in Blonde

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Marilyn Monroe‘s estate is protecting Ana de Armas‘ casting as the Hollywood icon.

After fans slammed the Cuban starlet’ representation of Marilyn in the trailer for the upcoming Netflix movie Blonde, the late star’s estate is supporting the Deep Water star.

“From what we have seen in the trailer, Ana has artfully captured the essence of Marilyn’s voice,” Nick Woodhouse, President and Chief Marketing Officer of Authentic Brands Group, which owns Marilyn’s estate, informed E! News in a declarationAug 2. “Marilyn was known for her breathiness, which was actually a tactic taught to her by a speech therapist during her childhood to help her overcome a stutter.”

Marc Rosen, president of home entertainment at Authentic Brands Group, informed Variety that any star who selects to depict Marilyn “knows they have big shoes to fill” and stated Ana caught “Marilyn’s glamour, humanity and vulnerability.”