Ana de Armas says her father was ‘hysterical’ after Robert De Niro paid him a surprise visit in Cuba
Ana de Armas hosted "Saturday Evening Reside."Javi Julio/Anadolu Company through Getty PicturesAna de Armas hosted the newest episode of "Saturday Evening Reside." De Armas mentioned Robert De Niro visited her father whereas visiting Cuba. She mentioned her father was "hysterical" after the interplay. Ana de Armas revealed that she realized about Robert De Niro's softer facet after he …
Ana de Armas hosted “Saturday Evening Reside.”Javi Julio/Anadolu Company through Getty Pictures
Ana de Armas hosted the newest episode of “Saturday Evening Reside.”
De Armas mentioned Robert De Niro visited her father whereas visiting Cuba.
She mentioned her father was “hysterical” after the interplay.
Ana de Armas revealed that she realized about Robert De Niro’s softer facet after he paid her father a shock go to in Cuba.
De Armas shared particulars in regards to the healthful second throughout her opening monologue on “Saturday Evening Reside.” She beforehand labored with De Niro whereas filming her first American film, “Arms of Stone.” The film chronicles the lifetime of Panamanian former skilled boxer Roberto Durán. De Niro performs Durán’s coach, Ray Arcel, whereas de Armas portrays Durán’s spouse, Felicidad Iglesias.
“Someday on set he instructed me, ‘I could also be going to Cuba quickly. If I do, I am going to say hi there to your loved ones,'” de Armas mentioned. “He even requested me for the cellphone quantity.”
The actor admitted that she “utterly forgot” in regards to the alternate till she later obtained a cellphone name from her father.
“Then, in the future, out of the blue, I get a cellphone name from my dad – he is hysterical,” de Armas mentioned. “I am like, ‘Dad, what’s incorrect?’ and he goes, ‘Robert De Niro simply came around me at work.'”
De Armas instructed the “SNL” viewers that De Niro’s shock go to was “such a form gesture.”
“I have been so lucky to work with so many supportive actors,” she added.
Robert De Niro and Ana de Armas attend the “Arms Of Stone” Photocall throughout the 69th annual Cannes Movie in Might 2016.Stephane Cardinale – Corbis
In the identical monologue, de Armas mentioned she’s about to turn out to be a US citizen.
“This has been a magical 12 months. Not solely [was] I nominated for an Oscar, however in three weeks, I’ll formally turn out to be an American citizen,” she mentioned. “I’m proud to turn out to be a citizen as a result of after I moved right here, everybody was so welcoming.”
De Armas’ star rose in 2022 when she starred in Netflix’s “Blonde,” a movie inspecting the rise and fall of Marilyn Monroe. That December, she known as the function a “huge danger” throughout a dialog with fellow actor Eddie Redmayne on Selection’s “Actors on Actors” sequence.
“And it was an enormous danger, as a result of I knew, ‘Oh, my gosh, if I do not get this one proper, that is over.’ I will be elevating cows and chickens within the countryside. I will be doing one thing else. I’ll by no means work once more,” she instructed Redmayne.