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renommierten Agentin die Tür ein. „Ich
war sehr extravertiert als Kind“, sagt sie,
„als ich noch in der Highschool war, ging
ich ins Ballett und machte ein paar Castings.
Meine Agentin hat mich dreimal
weggeschickt, weil ich noch ein kleines
Mädchen war. Aber ich habe nicht aufgegeben
und bin nach all den Jahren immer
noch bei ihr.“
Sie spielte zunächst ein paar Rollen im
Kinderfernsehen, bevor ihr 1992 der
Durchbruch mit dem Kultfilm „Jamon
Jamon“ gelang. Der Rest ist Filmgeschichte
und der Oscar für ihre Rolle der Elena
Maria in Woody Allens „Vicky Cristina
Barcelona“ war nur die logische Konsequenz.
ZU SCHÖN, UM WAHR ZU SEIN
In „To Rome With Love“ gab es nun ein
Wiedersehen mit dem Regie-Altmeister.
Cruz spielt eine Prostituierte an der Seite
von Jesse Eisenberg und Ellen Page und sie
schwärmt von der inspirierenden Arbeit
mit Woody Allen: „Er bringt mich einfach
zum Lachen“, sagt sie, „‚Vicky Cristina Barcelona‘
war schon eine großartige Erfahrung.
Es ist ein Privileg, einmal mit Woody
Allen gearbeitet zu haben. Ich habe ihn
schon als Kind verehrt und alle seine Filme
gesehen. Einfach nur in seiner Nähe zu
sein und Zeit mit ihm zu verbringen, ist
etwas Besonderes. Außerdem habe ich
natürlich einen Oscar für den Film be -
kommen.“
Sie kann auch heute noch ihren Erfolg
kaum fassen. „Ich hätte mir das nie träumen
lassen“, sagt sie, „ich wollte einfach
nur als Schauspielerin oder Tänzerin arbeiten.
Jede Nacht habe ich darum gebetet,
dass ich einen Job kriege, der nicht langweilig
ist, sondern mich inspiriert. Ich
wollte einfach nur jeden Tag aufstehen und
meine Zeit mit einer Arbeit verbringen,
die ich mag. Das war mein Wunsch.
Aber dass letztlich so viel mehr daraus
geworden ist, hätte ich mir nie gedacht.
Das schien einfach unmöglich.“
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34 AQ
She is the Oscar-winning actress
who is adored by filmgoers and
dreamed by legions of male
admirers. But it is a sad day for both as
actress Penélope Cruz admits she'll be
cutting down on her movie work now
that she's a mum.
The 37-year-old – who is set to appear in
Woody Allen's To Rome With Love later
this year as a hooker – is blissfully happy
with film star husband Javier Bardem, 43,
and their son, 17-month-old Leonardo.
Penélope says she is content to put her career
on the back burner as she concentrates
on her family.
"Maybe I'll make one movie a year, perhaps
two," she says, "but it's not going to be
more than that because I have other priorities."
RAISING MY FAMILY
Cruz divides her time between Madrid,
where she lives, and Los Angeles for work.
But she says that though she loves Hollywood,
she doesn't want to settle there.
"I have so many memories of LA," she
says. "Some of them are good, some not
so good. I have lived beautiful moments
there, but it is not the place I want to
raise my kids."
Born in 1974 in Madrid, Penélope initially
trained as a ballerina. But she grew to love
acting and began knocking on the door of
a leading agent at the age of 15.
"I was an extrovert as a kid," she admits.
THE EARLY YEARS
"When I was in high school, I was in ballet
and I was doing castings. I looked for an
agent and she sent me away three times
because I was a little girl. But I kept coming
back and I'm still with her after all
these years."
Penélope won roles on children's TV, but it
was her film debut in 1992's Jamón, Jamón
that made people sit up and take notice.
She won an Academy Award for her performance
in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina
Barcelona and they will be reunited in To
Rome With Love. Today, Penélope also appears
in a new documentary which looks
at the legendary director's work. To Rome
With Love co-stars Jesse Eisenberg and
Ellen Page, and Cruz admits she is really
inspired by working with Allen.
FILM FAIRY TALE
"He makes me laugh so much," Penélope
admits. "Vicky Cristina Barcelona was a
great experience, along with the privilege
of working with Woody, whom I first
admired as a little girl. I've seen all his
movies, so just to be around him, to spend
time with him and work with him was
very special. And, of course, the film also
gave me an Oscar."
Cruz says she finds it hard to believe the
success she has achieved. "I didn't imagine
any of this," she stresses. "I just wanted to
work as an actress or a dancer. And every
night, I was praying, please, to have a job
that was not boring – a job that was in -
spiring, to wake up every day and to be
able to go and spend my hours of that day
doing a job that I liked. That was my wish.
So when much, much more happened that
didn't even cross my mind then, it just
didn't seem possible."
TO ROME WITH LOVE: Penélope
Cruz spielt in Woody Allens neuer
romantischer Komödie an der Seite
von Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni,
Ornella Muti, Jesse Eisenberg, Ellen
Page und dem Meister persönlich.
Der Streifen ist als eine Art modernes
Decamerone angelegt und soll im
Herbst in die heimischen Kinos
kommen.
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TO ROME WITH LOVE: Penélope
Cruz stars in Woody Allens latest
romantic comedy alongside Alec
Baldwin, Roberto Benigni, Ornella
Muti, Jesse Eisenberg, Ellen Page and
the grand master himself. The movie
is a modern interpretation of the
classic “Decameron” and will hit the
theatres this fall.