Javier Bardem Calls His & Her Oscar Noms With Penélope Cruz ‘Extraordinary’
thewrap.comassure you.”The possibility of his and hers nominations – his for playing Desi Arnaz in “Being the Ricardos,” hers for starring in Pedro Almodovar’s “Parallel Mothers” – made for an eventful morning in the Bardem/Cruz household. “It’s been a beautiful day at home,” he said with a big grin. “We were holding on to each other, trying to fit on the same sofa, and there were so many things to pay attention to.”Those other things included “The Good Boss,” Spain’s international entry, which stars Bardem and which made the shortlist but was not nominated; “Parallel Mothers,” which also received a nom for its composer, Alberto Iglesias; and the Spanish short film “Distances,” which wasn’t nominated.But the main events, he conceded, were Best Actor and Best Actress. “When the time for actor came, I knew my name would be the first because (it starts with) B,” he said. “So if they don’t start saying the ‘Ja…’ right away, we had a problem.
I heard the ‘Ja,’ and I said, ‘All right!’ And she celebrated more than me.”In the Best Actress category, though, Cruz didn’t have the same alphabetical advantage. “They said Chastain, Colman, and she said, ‘too many Cs.’ But then, ‘Penelope Cruz,’ and that was the moment when we were like, ‘Yeahhhhh!’“It’s extraordinary, having that moment of sharing something so special with your wife.
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