

I have been through that situation myself. This is a very dysfunctional family that's dealing with current problems.
#Ana de armas knives out marta cabrera nationality movie
It feels like a movie that's very much of 2019.ĭE ARMAS: Oh, it's absolutely 2019. KING: They think she's from Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil at one point.

Like, one of the running jokes is that no one knows where she's from. KING: The family does this thing with Marta where they make very subtly racist comments. KING: But it's also addressing, as you point out, some very real things. It's a real - it's, like, a pleasure to watch. There are points where it's just overtly ridiculous. KING: You know, there's this thread running through the movie. And I had so many colors and layers and things to play with that, you know, I feel very lucky. And she's very complex, and she's probably the smarter one in the whole film, and she's the heart of the film. And so I insisted a lot - there was a little back-and-forth with the producers and asking for the script.Īnd finally, when they did send it, I realized that, well, that description didn't fit at all, didn't make justice to Marta. And to me, those three words didn't mean anything because it usually - we are represented as that, the help or the criminal or someone like that. And the description - I didn't like it because it was something like caretaker, Latina, pretty. She told me she was hesitant to take the role of Marta in "Knives Out" but not because of the nerves.ĭE ARMAS: Well, at first, I just got a - you know, a single page with a very small description and just one scene so I couldn't really see what it was about. Ana de Armas starred alongside Ryan Gosling in "Blade Runner 2049," and you'll see her in the new James Bond movie with Daniel Craig next year. And she says one of her veteran cast mates, Jamie Lee Curtis, at one point took her aside.ĭE ARMAS: And Jamie Lee, in one of the in-between takes, came to me, and she hold my shoulders very tight, and she looked at me, into my eyes, and she said, you have the most expressive eyes I've ever seen, and you're going to be OK. She plays Marta Cabrera, the honest and loyal caretaker at the center of the investigation. Now, that kind of cast equals a lot of pressure for a relative newcomer to Hollywood.ĪNA DE ARMAS: Oh, yes (laughter). The movie also stars Chris Evans and Oscar-winning actor Christopher Plummer. KING: Those are the voices of Daniel Craig and Jamie Lee Curtis. Why are you here?ĭANIEL CRAIG: (As Benoit Blanc) I suspect foul play. Blanc, I just buried my father who committed suicide. JAMIE LEE CURTIS: (As Linda Drysdale) Mr. MICHAEL SHANNON: (As Walt Thrombey) You think one of us, one of his family, killed him?

Was it suicide or murder? In the new mystery comedy thriller called "Knives Out," everyone is a suspect. A revered crime novelist has turned up dead on his 85th birthday, and his eccentric extended family wants answers. A detective is called to an opulent estate to solve a mystery.
