How love changed the fate of Penelope Cruz not at first sight: 15 years in anticipation of happiness

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Each of them is an integral and self-sufficient person, with their own ambitions and requirements for life. True, the actors went to their recognition in different ways: Penelope Cruz achieved everything with work and perseverance, and Javier Bardem came to fame and recognition with incredible ease, as if playfully. It took them 15 years to understand: they need each other. Both actors continue to actively act in films, bring up two children and have been learning to protect their feelings for 10 years now.

Love is not at first sight

They first met in 1992 while working on Ham, Ham, directed by Bigas Luna. There was no question of any love at first sight. It was a normal business relationship, especially since there was nothing in common between them.

Javier Bardem was born and raised in an acting family: his mother Pilar Bardem was an actress, his grandfather was the famous Spanish director Rafael Bardem, his grandmother Matilda Muñoz Sampedro was a popular actress who was known and loved by all of Spain, his uncle Juan Antonio Bardem was a director and screenwriter. It is not surprising that the children of Penelope Bardem Javier, Carlos and Monica chose the acting profession for themselves.

Javier made his film debut at the age of five, playing a tiny role in the film "Rascals". True, his surname does not appear in the credits, but he was given a fee for his work, honestly spent by the kid on sweets. At the same time, he did not at all dream of spending his entire life on the set. He was interested in literature and painting, was a member of the national rugby team, was engaged in boxing and weightlifting, he painted pictures and wrote poetry.

Filming in TV shows, and then in films, was just another pleasant hobby of Bardem. For a long time he did not dare to make a choice in favor of a professional career as an actor. It seemed to him that he was too ugly for such a job. However, even now, he sincerely thinks that the world has gone crazy when he hears praise and sees his photos on the covers of magazines.

Penelope Cruz, unlike her future husband, achieved everything in her life with hard work. She was born in the most ordinary family, where her father worked as a car mechanic, and her mother worked as a hairdresser. As a child, it was difficult to call her pretty, but her parents treated her in such a way that Penelope considered herself the most beautiful.

At the age of six, the girl became interested in ballet and, despite her lack of special talent, began to practice with a tenacity worthy of respect. She began to be chosen for filming in music videos, and Penelope agreed to any role for a fleeting appearance on the screen. At 15, the girl became the host of a youth show, but her acting career did not work out due to her age. The very first shooting in the film "Greek Labyrinth" led the young actress to nervous exhaustion and glory of the "hot thing". After that, she began to refuse to participate in the same type of roles, but set out to conquer Hollywood.

She stormed famous film studios with enviable persistence, and Javier Bardem could not even imagine a situation that would force him to move to America. Penelope Cruz started novels one after another, and Javier Bardem lived for ten years with translator Christina Palez and categorically refused to answer questions about his personal life in all interviews.

Happiness loves silence

When Penelope Cruz was accused of starting romances for the sake of PR for the films in which she was filming, the Spanish actor allowed himself to speak out in defense of his compatriot. From the moment of their first meeting, a whole 15 years passed before they again found themselves on the same set in Woody Allen's film Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

At the same time, they started talking about a new PR novel by Penelope Cruz, now with Javier Bardem. Both gossip heroes declined to comment, and viewers were convinced that the relationship between the two Spanish actors was just an attempt to draw attention to the film in which they both starred. By the way, this picture brought Penelope Cruz an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

In 2010, Penelope Cruz married Javier Bardem, and in January 2011 their first-born Leonardo was born. Two and a half years later, the couple had a daughter, Luna. Friends and colleagues noted that marriage and motherhood changed Penelope. She became softer, more feminine and, it seems, has ceased to pay too much attention to her career. On the contrary, the actress tries to spend more time with her family even during the filming period and does not like to part with her children for more than two or three days.

Javier Bardem still does not like to talk about his personal life, but once admitted that Penelope is the most amazing woman he knew. Without rare quarrels in the acting family, as in any other, it does not do. And during the showdown, Penelope behaves like a real Spanish woman. She can scream loudly and even break dishes, but she never stoops to personal insults and does not raise her voice at her husband in the presence of children.

Penelope herself does not hide that she has changed a lot. Previously, she could be simply unbearable with men and always considered her opinion to be the main thing. Now she gladly handed the palm in a relationship to a man, and she so likes to say the phrase: "Of course, dear, you're right!"

They adore their babies and do their best to protect them from increased attention. Children of actors spend more time in Spain than in the United States, so Penelope and Javier also visit Europe more often. They love to take family vacations and leave work outside the walls of their shared home. When they have to act in films together, the actors help each other and do not think that working together is hard. They just know for sure: family is the most important thing in life.

The famous Spanish film actress and model became the first Oscar winner among Spanish actresses. Previously, Penelope Cruz was called the main lover of Hollywood and a careerist, never missed a single opportunity in the profession.