Ana de Armas admitted that she once snuck out of a friend’s wedding in order to take an important business call.
During a question and answer session following the September 7 screening of Eden at the Toronto International Film Festival, the philanthropic star spoke about her decision to take a call from director Ron Howard’s call over watching her pal get hitched.
The Ghosted star was anxious to speak to Howard, 70, about the opportunity to join the film focused on a group of people who move to a deserted location to create their own utopia.
‘I never saw those people getting married because I was on the phone with Ron,’ she revealed.
‘Do you remember that? When then you [said], “I can’t hear you,”‘ the actress reminded her friend.
Ana de Armas sneaked out of a friend’s wedding in order to take a business call, but the actress, 36, seems to think it was the right call to make (pictured earlier this month)
De Armas stars as Eloise Bosquet de Wagner Wehrhorn, a self-proclaimed baroness, in the survival thriller based on a true story.
‘We talked about the baroness and I told [Ron] how I felt and all these things that I was already imagining,’ she told the audience.
The plot is based on the experience of a German philosopher who traveled to the Galapagos with his lover/disciple in the late 1920s to set up an experimental society.
Problems arose when others, including the opportunistic baroness, arrived on the remote island for their own purposes.
The Oscar nominee admitted she was surprised at how ‘relatable’ the story turned out to be.
‘I couldn’t believe how crazy it is and how relatable it is as well nowadays,’ she explained.
The Blonde star joked she thought working as the femme fatale on Eden might mean the ‘end of her career,’ but decided to take part anyway.
‘From day one, there was great communication and back and forth and I was like, “This might be the end of my career, but it looks like fun, so I’m going to go for it,”‘ she explained.
The actress spoke about her decision to say ‘I do’ to a call from director Ron Howard, 70 during a Q+A following the Eden premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (Pictured September 7 in Toronto)
De Armas stars with Jude Law, Sydney Sweeney, Daniel Bruhl, and Vanessa Kirby in the thriller set on a remote island in the Galapagos in the late 1920s (Pictured September 7 in Toronto)
‘I just really fell in love with the character.’
De Armas stars alongside Sydney Sweeney, Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby, Daniel Bruhl and others in the film.
It’s unclear when Eden might be released in theaters or streaming.
The movie’s international rights were sold to Amazon Prime Video at Cannes in May, but the US rights have yet to be grabbed.
