Penélope Cruz Reveals The Actor She Would Most Like To Work With, Updates On Her Directorial Debut & Gives Advice To A Teenager
deadline.comOscar winner Penélope Cruz was the subject of a BAFTA Life In Pictures event in London last night. In a wide-ranging session, the Spanish actress discussed her frequent collaborations with director Pedro Almodóvar, her inspirations and advice for aspiring actors.
The Volver and Vicky Cristina Barcelona actress was also passionate in her support for the theatrical experience, despite acknowledging that her own love of film was borne out of watching movies on Betamax because there was no cinema near her childhood home.
Of her fertile collaborations with auteur Almodóvar, whom she described as “a genius”, she said: “We have this supernatural connection that, I don’t know, it’s been like a magical friendship.
It’s much more than a director I work with, he’s somebody that I adore and that has taught me so much and I feel like the luckiest person to have been in seven of his films and I hope many more.
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