‘Blonde’ star Ana de Armas is confused on why movie got NC-17 rating: ‘I didn't understand why that happened’
foxnews.comAna de Armas is confused over the NC-17 rating given to her upcoming Netflix movie, "Blonde," about the life of Marylin Monroe.
The Motion Picture Association of America typically gives a film an NC-17 rating when the movie contains gratuitous violence, obscene sex and/or nudity and harsh language.
An NC-17 rating is different than an R rating because minors 17 and under are allowed to see rated R movies in theaters when accompanied by an adult and are not allowed in an NC-17 movie at all.
The Cuban actress doesn’t understand why "Blonde" was given such a high rating, claiming she has seen movies that feature much more obscene content. "I didn't understand why that happened," she said in her L’Officiel cover story. "I can tell you a number of shows or movies that are way more explicit with a lot more sexual content than ‘Blonde.'" Ana de Armas is confused as to why "Blonde" was given an NC-17 rating when she has seen other movies that are more explicit than her film. (Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images for Netflix) ANA DE ARMAS' NC-17 MARILYN MONROE MOVIE ‘BLONDE' WILL LIKELY ‘OFFEND EVERYONE’: DIRECTOR While she can understand that the movie does feature some explicit scenes, she finds those scenes necessary to tell the story they were trying to tell in the movie. "To tell this story it is important to show all these moments in Marilyn's life that made her end up the way that she did.
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