They are one of the hot tempered couples in Hollywood: both spanish actors, very passionate
and talented.
You know of course, that Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem have been married for 8 years
but do you know that they were playing each other heart strings for almost 30 years?
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Penelope Cruz started her acting career at the early age in Spain, filming for commercials,
tv series and teenage drama shows.
She did classic ballet for 9 years and got interested in acting after seeing the film Tie Me Up!
Cruz was calling casting agents but was rejected multiple time because she was too young.
Stubborn, passionate and persistent, how can someone not love her?
Penelope kept coming back and finally got her breakthrough role in Jamon Jamon.
18-year old Cruz met her future husband on the set of that drama film in 90’s.
Did she expect the actor,Javier Bardem, who plays sexy badass Raul, to get married?
Probably not.
Moreover, it seems they both didn’t have any craving for each other.
Could you believe that Javier did got attracted to the stunning looks of Penelope Cruz?
Bardem realized that Penelope wasn’t very comfortable with the nude scenes and was a
real gentleman helping her to get comfortable at the set.
Though, it took 15 years for a romantic spark to finally evolve between them.
The role made Penelope the young sex symbol in Spain and opened the way for bigger roles.
She was dreaming of conquering Hollywood since early age and now had a chance to do it at
the cost of leaving her family and moving to New York.
20-year old beauty was terrified because she didn’t know English.
Cruz recalls she had only “How are you?" and "Thank you."
Probably for that reason, she had only small roles until she finally shinned in Vanilla Sky.
That year Penelope met Tom Cruise while filming and had a spark running between them right away.
Starting a romance on or off the set, either ways, the two seemed to be very serious about
their future and got engaged 3 years later.
But the relationship was off for some still unclear reasons.
Just shortly after the split, Penelope was playing next to Matthew McConaughey in the
adventure film Sahara.
Perhaps, she had too many steamy scenes in the desert near almost shitless Matthew.
Can’t be blamed for falling for him.
The two called it quits unexpectedly a year later.
But no worries, we know it’s a happy-ending story!
Cruz was filling up her pretty impressive A-stars dating list, that also include Matt
Damon and rumoured Orlando Bloom.
Penelope was a Hollywood heartbreaker until she fell in love with her one and only men.
While Cruz was for her true love, Javier was dating the and only woman for 14 years - interpreter Christina Pales.
Through all these years they have been staring in great movies but the fateful one became
“Vicky Cristina Barcelona”, when they both happened to be single.
Cruz played Javier’s ex-wife, having stormy scandals and not less turbulent reconciliations.
Woody Allen did a great job not only directing but matching up these two together.
The couple dated for 3 years before they officially tied the knot.
It was a wonderful time, as they both were in love and achieved a high appreciation for
the film works, including stars on the walk of fame and Oscar nominations.
But there was one detail missing, that Penelope managed to fix.
The proud family welcomed their first baby daughter Leo Encinas Cruz a year later.
Penelope and Javier are now married for 9 years.
They have two children but keep their personal distanced from the public.
The first baby’s name was revealed in the media only 3 months after the birth.
Penelope is very passionate both in life and on set and has the “loving blood”.
But Javier added that it’s exactly what he finds attractive about her.
Probably due to her passion and love, Penelope was casted together with Javier for two more movies.
They played the ex teenage sweethearts they used to be, through back together decades
later in drama thriller “Everybody knows”.
Looked like the roles were written just for them.
Cruz and Bordm also delivered a passionate portrayal of Pablo Escobar and a journalist
that falls in love with him in “Loving Pablo”.
Thrilling, brutal and impressively emotional performance of this loving couple was only
in Javier’s and Cruz’s capacity.
In total, they stared together in 9 movies.
Probably the secret of a such a happy marriage lies in their ability to separate business
from pleasure.
Many couples quit the relationship because of the unmatching working schedules.
In contrary Penelope and Javier had a lot of time to spend together while filming.
We’ve often seen the talented and passionate actor couples falling apart.
But these two prove that a hot temper can well bring the people closer.
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