Ana de Armas hosted Saturday Night Live last night with musical guest Karol G, timed nicely for the forthcoming release of her Apple TV+ movie Ghosted co-starring Chris Evans directed by Dexter Fletcher. She appeared gamely in her share of wacky sketches, like one opposite Bowen Yang with Guinness Book-length fingernails, and another with Chloe Fineman in a dog acting school. Alas, she did not have a part in the cold open sketch, a weirdly insightful look at what Central Park is like on the first very warm day of spring.
Her first appearance, then, was in her monologue, which wasn’t exactly a doubled-over laugh riot, but more than compensated by being charming and sincere. The 34-year-old actress shared a number of personal stories, after first greeting the audience in Spanish.
She explained how, when she first came to this country at the age of 26, she did not speak English, but learned it “the way everyone who comes to this country does: by watching Friends.” She then did a little schtick, imitating “the best English tutor,” Chandler Bing.
What followed was a story that sounded too specific not to have a kernel of truth. While taking early audition classes, she was asked to read lines containing the idiom “I beg your pardon.” Not knowing exactly what it meant, she injected it full of drama, as if she was literally begging.
In time, of course, the recent Academy Award Best Actress nominee did start getting roles, and she mentioned one of her early pictures, Hands of Stone. While not a particularly good movie, the boxing biopic co-starred Robert De Niro, who told her that he would soon be visiting her native Cuba. One thing led to another, and he asked for her parents’s contact info. She forgot about it until one day, de Armas’s dad called to say that the two-time Oscar-winner had shown up at his work.
De Armas also shared that, in just a few weeks, she will officially become a U.S. citizen.
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