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The transformation of Marilyn Monroe into an Ana De Armas blonde took a lot of time and effort

Taking on the role of Marilyn Monroe is no small feat. As one of the most recognizable stars of old Hollywood, I guess figuring out how to turn Ana de Armas into Monroe wasn’t an easy task. In a recent interview, the heads of the hair and makeup departments of Blond He talked about De Armas’s transformation process into Monroe every day, and it took a lot of time and effort.

The two artists recently spoke Variety on the process of transforming Armas into Marilyn Monroe. They explained that they spend two and a half hours a day working on de Armas’ hair and makeup. Tina Roseler Kerwin, head of the makeup department, explained that her mission was:

… To find our Marilyn in Ana and not put on make up and style Marilyn’s hair in Ana, but to define our Marilyn and define her in the best possible way.

The story goes that de Armas had to wear a silicone cap instead of a normal bald head to hide his thick brown hair and get through a full day of work. The reason for the different cap was the number of times de Armas wigs had to be changed every day. Kerwin explained that they needed something that could stand up to so many wigs on and off.

Blue contacts also played an important role in the transformation. As shown in the photo above, de Armas has brown eyes, but inside Blond wears blue contact lenses. Kerwin explained that they also used false lashes in the corners of her eyes to make her eyes look more like Monroe’s.

At the end of it all, McIntosh and Kerwin made over 100 looks for de Armas and you can see between 50 and 60 in the final cut of the film.

De Armas explained that when first seen as a monroe she was very excited. Relatives of knives out the actress was too impressed with his transformation, especially Chris Evans her friend and co-star in knives out Yes the gray man. Although his transformation is impressive, de Armas also explained it he felt “insecure” preparing to play such an icon .

The pressure must have been real for Blonde’s entire cast and crew during the making of this film. They had to recreate incredibly iconic scenes from the Monroe films, including the “Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend” issue. Gentlemen prefer blondes. Creating scenes anchored in the spirit of the times is not an easy task. As the hair and makeup heads explained, they created their looks to find the Old Hollywood icon in De Armas and the process of finding and maintaining her look took an immense amount of work.

While the the film received mediocre reviews I think it’s pretty clear that De Armas’s transformation into Monroe is pretty amazing. To see De Armas transformation and performance, you can see Blond with a netflix subscription .

Source: Cinemablend

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