This pretty mixing actress of Cuban origin is a real discovery of last year, a star of a brilliant picture "get the knives" and the person we will see more than once on the screens, at least in 2021 for sure. Ana de Armaas conquers his directness, openness and some touching, children's immediacy, rare in the world of big cinema. The name of the proud daughter of Havana today threatens the whole world. So at one time they glorified Cuba legendary che and Castro. Who is this revolutionary movie, ex-beloved Ben Afflek and the future star of several cash films, learn from this conversation.
- Ana, how does it live to the one who became a universal favorite?
- Oh, I'm used to it. Or are you about my professional breakthrough? (Laughs.) Well, what can I tell you? I do not want to be rude or something like this, but in my native Havana I was always loved and accepted. Not as an actress, just like ana. I am pleased that now thanks to my success in America, I can help my wonderful family and friends. But evaluate what my popularity is, it is difficult for me. To see something big, you need to move and look at it from the distance, right? And I am in the epicenter of all the hype around me.
- Well, I will put a question otherwise. How do you carry this noise? Enjoy or suffering?
- This is my reality, but this is not my life.
- A little confused, you do not find?
- Now I will explain everything. (Smiles.) In Hollywood, I have friends, and beautiful: there were incredible things with me, literally magic, but the style of life, which is here, is constant openness, permanent business branch and lunches ... It's not for me. Yes, business lunches and paparazzi now make up most of my reality, but it is not that life from which I enjoy.
Ane Da Armaas's fame brought a role in the painting "Get knives"
Photo: Frame from the movie
- Tell me, what you get pleasure from.
- I love to talk about life at all. About art, about babies and pets. Acting is what I like to do, but I can't discuss it forever, from morning to night. Do you remember the statement about Marilyn Monroe? "Caviar is perfectly, but not when you eat it with every meal."
- How did you even come to the thoughts to become an actress?
- It didn't even come to such a thought. (Smiles.) All my Cuban friends were actors from nature. We grew up in a very small suburb of Havana, my family had no personal transport, the buses rarely went ... in a word, and at the nearby children, instead of the entertainment of a big city, were indulging in dancing and dance for the songs of the Spice Girls group. I among the rest was the most restless and helicate, and in the end parents gave me to theatrical school. Each morning I went to study every morning, just voted at the traffic light, and there were those who brought me to school daily. I went to Madrid when I was eighteen years old. My grandparents, mother parents, - Spaniards, and therefore I could do it without any problems. And here it is already somehow everything is spinning.
"You say that everything happened - and this is the visible path to success, made clearly stubbornly and precisely a talented person," was an accident.
"Casting director called me a week after my arrival in Madrid." This, I think it was clean water by luck. Otherwise ... You see, I just always did what I wanted. I did not have any plan B. wanted to dance under Spice Girls - danced. I wanted to drive to the acting school, conquer Madrid, risk being actress - my life has always developed as the result of my conscious choice. At some point in Spain it became bored, and I threw a completely successful project, gathered a travel bag and rushed to the USA.
- And here your career has been more than successful. While there are some stereotypes regarding the Spanish and Cuban actors.
- Oh yeah! Do you know how most often characterize Latin American actresses? In two words: "sexy" and "with character". And indeed, we are. There is nothing wrong with that, if only on these two characteristics does not end the person. But often we are painted only such.
- That is, I understand correctly, you do not wear a short skirt right away, as I woke up, and do not start scandaling with others?
- (laughs.) I do it until you get tired, and then put a basket with fruit on my head and look there and here. I do a break - and again! (Laughs.)
Ana de Armaas and Ben Affleck stopped hiding her novel in August 2020
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- I can not ask: did you come across other discrimination? Young, talented, beautiful ascending star arrives in Hollywood ...
- Are you about sexual harassment? Thanks to my parents, I don't know how to talk about my borders just, clearly and openly and at all I'm not afraid to refuse people - neither men or women. I don't care that sometimes I seem uncomfortable, aggressive or hysterical.
Oh yes! In addition to all this, I am incredibly lucky with colleagues. And now it sounds as if everyone hung me, and I avoided this fate only thanks to the upbringing. In fact, I just worked with good and decent people.
- It seems, while working on to "get knives", the picture, which has opened you to Hollywood masters, your partner Jamie Lee Curtis was somehow wearing a rudeness with you ...
- What are you! Not about any rudeness and did not go. Is that rudeness can be called the fact that she just did not know me. Well, who knew then? She reacted to me very sensitively, asked about the goals, dreams ... And then wrote Stephen Spielberg that I was not just a "some kind of cute girl", but the real Cuban Sophie Lauren. Perhaps her characteristic came to me in the soul: "In addition to the extraordinary tenderness and insane beauty in it there is persistence, perseverance and cruelty." I don't know about beauty and tenderness, but the rest is about me. (Smiles.)
"You just just modify, right?"
- Around me a huge number of beautiful people. And the talent does not depend on appearance. More precisely, it is often all parallel universes. So I do not think that my maidenhood played some kind of decisive role in professional fate.
- I can not agree with you. What about the project "Blonde", the film Andrew Dominic about the life of Marilyn Monroe? It seems that one of the most anticipated exits of 2021 years.
- Well, here and really my appearance influenced the situation. But I still hope that not only she!
- Naturally. I know that you heard "yes" from Dominica after the first listening.
- But I had to go through all the stages. Convince producers. I knew that my role, and it was attracted to me. All in me fits: "Kubinka plays Monroe! I wanted so much! "
- What or who helped you work on the way the legendary blonde?
- With Andrew, a real creative novel happened to Ondrew. Not in the sense of a love alliance, of course, do not even think. (Smiles.) With anyone and I never worked so closely. He could easily call me at midnight to share the idea. And I just did not sleep, because I thought about the same thing.
- And how did your beloved relate to these calls?
- Ben? He understands. He is my colleague.
- Tell me how did you meet Affleck?
- like all the actors. (Laughs.) Together they worked on very (oh-very!) Piquant film "Deep Waters" (will be released in the current year. - Approx. Auth.). We play spouses annoying each other, which ... However, it is better to see it yourself. I will say right away: do not take children to the cinemas!
- That is, your service romance is in real, right?
- It's like that.
- They say you are already familiar with the children of Ben and with his mother ...
- Want to ask about our plans, find out how serious everything is? I said: I live here and now, at the current moment. While I like what happens to me, I am in business. (Smiles.) I love children, love mom boyfriends. I hope, and they love me. (At the end of January 2021, the source close to the pair of Anna and Ben, told the press about their parting. According to him, the initiator of the rupture was made by Ana. Neither she nor Ben commented on these rumors. The last time together the pair appeared in December 2020. - Approx. Auth.).
- For your shoulders marriage and a series of novels, which are always (at least according to information from the media) ended you ...
- And again many thanks to my Cuban roots and parent education. Despite temperament, I am not inclined to dramatize: in relationship I am important to me, when everything goes as it goes. I am not ready for scandals and disassembly to prove your right point and defend your opinion. If the magic ends and the claims begin, which concern me as a person, is not so dressing, not so I express my love, I don't spend so spending free time - I strongly break such relationships. And we are not just about love alliances, but also about professional, and about friendly. Some consider me too principled in this matter, too much maximalist, but I'm not ready to change for someone - even for the sake of the closest and loved ones. In the first place I myself have.
- Well, despite this approach and work, including colleagues you just adore you. Daniel Craig, for example, is delighted with your game! (Ana worked with Craig in two projects - "get the knives" and the bondian series "Not the time to die." - approx. Auth.).
- Oh, Daniel is just a real gentleman. I am very comfortable with him work. And also it seems he persuaded scripts and producers to expand my line in the film.
"They say your heroine wrote exclusively for you ..." We all wanted Anna, "so, it seems, one of the most experienced producers" Bond "said.
"I was very excited when I was called in" not time to die, "jumped to the ceiling. Of course, after the joyful excitement lay down, I understood: it is important for me to be sure that I will not become another "Girl Bond". It would jeopardize the whole work that I did, trying to get away from the stereotypes of Latinames. Initially, Paloma was, as for me, a flat character. Everything like I "love": a pretty cutie, no more, which can only associate a few words.
- By the way, I have long wanted to make a compliment to your English!
- Oh thanks. I am always pleased to hear it, seriously. And you know what the most frequent question is asked me? It is about English! Like, and how did I learned it so quickly? Everything is simple: because my life depended on it. I remember how first time in Los Angeles literally forced his agent to pick me up the roles that ... Let's say, I would not pull. Not because I could not play - because I could not understand the dialogues. But I stubbornly went to such castings, looked in the surprised eyes of the director's assistants, tried, tried. As a result, of course, I gave up and realized that it was time to start normally learn the language.
- And who taught you to dress? Hollywood is also a vanity fair, but you seem to be coping with nicely.
- I will say right away: I have a stylist. All these gorgeous images you see on the red tracks is his work. When I flew to the USA, there were medicines in my bag, a couple of tracksuits and some kind of stupid, kind of like an elegant dress. For all interviews and other business meetings, I dress professionals. Well, in real life I do not wear it.
- And what do you like?
- Shoes without heels. No heels! How can they stand at all, not to mention dancing? Do you remember how dressed my heroine from "get knives"? That's something close to me. Maybe a little more playful: simple feminine dresses, skirts, shortened pants, simple shirts, T-shirts. The keyword here is "simple", as you understand. To be honest, everyone who works with me on the set and fees on the carpet tracks, in a quiet horror of my preferences and inability to wear luxury kits. For several years in Hollywood, not only did not change, but it seems, only aggravated the situation. Than a luxurious me, in theory, it is necessary to look, the stronger I resist and grow closer with my favorite dresses in the flower.
- I want to finish our conversation with the traditional question about the future plans. In your case, it is not so trivial. You, as I understand it, do not like to make it up. But at least you can dream?
"I try to live in such a way that I didn't have to dream." Everything that is happening now is just fine! I feel calm and confident, I get a man who taxes his life, and therefore I don't want to fantasize what will happen next. Why, if everything is just gorgeous here and now? I can only say that I don't want to stop there before. As my dad spoke, if you can go - go, do not stand in place! And do not go if you can run.
- If you had to choose between a career and love, what would you choose?
- At the moment I choose a career. This does not mean that I can not love, just in the first place now not common interests, but solely mine.