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'Knives Out' Star Ana de Armas Originally Turned Down Her Audition for This Reason

'Knives Out' Star Ana de Armas Originally Turned Down Her Audition for This Reason

Ana de Armas might not be most well-known star in the movie Knives Out, but she plays the central character in the new murder mystery… though she almost didn’t audition for the film!

The 31-year-old actress turned down an audition for the Rian Johnson movie because the character description for Marta simply said, “pretty Latina caretaker.”

“I’m like, ‘Latina again, really? No! I am not doing this,’” Ana told THR.

She added in a separate interview, “Getting an email that described the character like that — without any more information or a script attached because it was high-profile and secret — just really didn’t speak to me. Latinas rarely exist at the center of a film, especially not in the context that we have in this movie. So, because of the character description, my imagination immediately went to a portrayal that was not necessarily very positive or exciting in relation to Latin culture. So, when I finally read the script, I realized that the description didn’t fit at all because Marta is so much more than that.”

The star-studded Knives Out cast also features Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Katherine Langford, Christopher Plummer, and more.

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