“That first day, I was like, ‘Oh, what are your dreams?'”

TheHalloweenactress says she thought her costar was new to Hollywood as they started shooting the film.

“I made an assumption that she was an inexperienced, unsophisticated young woman.”

Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis

Ana de Armas; Jamie Lee Curtis.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic; Amy Sussman/Getty Images

“That first day, I was like, ‘Oh, what are your dreams?'”

To her surprise, de Armas and Jake already knew each other.

Next, she’ll portray Hollywood iconMarilyn MonroeinBlonde, based on Joyce Carol Oates’ novel.

KNIVES OUT

Ana de Armas in ‘Knives Out’.Claire Folger/Lionsgate

“She showed me a picture of her as Marilyn,” Curtis said.

It was a couple of still pictures and one video of her moving through space with no audio.

But it was so shocking because shewasMarilyn."

Blondepremieres Sept. 23 on Netflix.

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