Penélope Cruz, open to making a superhero film: “Why not? It would be fun”

Penelope Cruz She has no current plans to wear tight clothing and a cape, but the Oscar winner says she does He’d like to make a superhero movie.

“If it’s something interesting, why not? It would be fun,” she said on Friday the 5th during a conference as part of the Palm Springs film festival.

She added, “As you can imagine, it’s something my kids sometimes ask me: ‘Are you ever going to do that, Mom?’ Because I’ve done a lot of dramatic films and the kind I can’t show you yet.

Cruz said he has had “a few conversations here and there” about appearing in a superhero movie, “but nothing specific is happening anytime soon.”

Your next projects

The one I’ll probably shoot soon is A musical. The Spanish actress joked that she will start filming a musical any minute now. “I think I’ll do one soon,” she said. “I was very lucky to do it Nine with Rob Marshall, where I had a great time. He forced me to dance five hours a day again. “We are planning something that makes me very happy.”

Penélope Cruz’s last film was Ferrari by Michael Mann, a biographical sports drama about Enzo Ferrari (Adam Driver). Cruz plays Ferrari’s wife, Laura.

He admitted it too he wants to do more comedies, especially romantic comedies. He named Al Pacino and Robert De Niro as possible protagonists. “I’ve done comedies, but I’m always looking for more,” he said, adding, “I think the world needs more romantic comedies.”

Cruz received the Creative Impact in Acting Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival. She received it from the hands of her co-star 21 gramsSean Penn.

“I feel very lucky to make a living from acting,” Cruz said in her acceptance speech. “This has been my passion since I was a child. When I receive an award for doing what I love the most, I feel very confused and shocked. As a child I prayed every night, ‘Please, God, don’t lock me in an office!’ I thought if I can’t get rid of everything that’s going on here, I’ll lose my mind.

A successful career

Penelope Cruz yes 49 years old. His first shot was a video clip for the song The force of Destiny, of the famous pop group Mecano, when he was only 14 years old. She later began a six-year relationship with a member of the said group, Nacho Cano.

He first appeared on television in The worlds of Yes AND Fifth gear, a program aimed at teenagers in which he coincided with Jesús Vázquez. Subsequently she will work in 1991 on an episode of the erotic series Pink series.

His film debut was The Greek labyrinthdirected by Rafael Alcázar, and then it arrived Ham Ham by director Bigas Luna, in 1992, which launched her to stardom. There she shared the lead role Javier Bardemwho would later become her husband since 2010.

In 1997 he realized his dream of collaborating with a small character in a film by Pedro Almodóvar, in trembling flesh. The same year you also acted Open your eyes, directed by Alejandro Amenábar

After the international success of All about my motherwinner of the best foreign film at the Oscars, in 2000 she made the leap to the United States: she starred alongside Matt Damon in All the beautiful horseswith Nicolas Cage Captain Corelli’s mandolinwith Tom Cruise present Vanilla sky (a remake of Open your eyes), with Johnny Depp present Blowwith Matthew McConaughey in attendance Saharaand with Halle Berry and Robert Downey Jr. in the horror film Gothika.

His dating Tom Cruise contributed to making it popular with the Anglo-Saxon public.

In 2006 he had the pleasure of having a leading role with Pedro Almodóvar, in Returnfor which she won the award for best female performance at Cannes Film Festival and then she became the first Spanish actress nominated for a Hollywood Oscar as best leading actress.

With an unstoppable streak, in 2007 he starred, together with Javier Bardem, Scarlett Johansson and Rebecca Hall, in the film Vicky Cristina Barcellonaby Woody Allen. She was nominated for the Golden Globes and, for the second time, to Oscar in 2009, this time as best supporting actress; and managed to win the statuette. For this role she had already won a new Goya, the third in her story, in the best supporting actress category.

In 2011 he participated as a co-star (along with Johnny Depp) in one of the chapters of the saga. Pirates of the Caribbean.

In 2019 he received the Donostia Award, at the San Sebastián festival, being the second Spanish actress to do so after Carmen Maura. She would also be the youngest actress in history to receive it.