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- First meeting
- The beginning of the novel
- First appearance and wedding
Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz can be called the Spanish version of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie: both acting couples are of great interest to the public, and the whole world is watching their love affairs. The love story of a passionate Spanish couple is a series of meetings and partings.
First meeting
The young actors met on the set of the film “Ham, Ham . 18-year-old Penelope and 23-year-old Javier were aspiring actors who dreamed of fame and did not plan to commit themselves to a serious relationship. Penelope dreamed of Hollywood, so the actors went their separate ways. In 2001, Cruz received her first major role in Hollywood; Tom Cruise became her partner in the film Vanilla Sky. After this film, Penelope's career skyrocketed.
Young Tom Cruise, one of the most popular Hollywood actors, was fascinated by the sultry Spanish woman. But, as is typical for passionate relationships, they ended quite quickly: three years after they met, Penelope and Cruz broke up. There were rumors that the reason was the discrepancy between the religious views of the Scientologist and the Catholic woman.
Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz in the film "Ham, Ham", 1992
On the set of the film “Untamed Hearts,” the Spanish actress met Matt Damon . Rumor has it that it was Penelope who caused the breakup of Damon's relationship with Winona Ryder. Be that as it may, this romance soon ended.
Javier Bardem at this time was dating American actress Christina Pales. The relationship was strong and long-lasting: the couple lived in a civil marriage for 10 years.
Penelope, after breaking up with Matt Damon, began an affair with another Hollywood star - Matthew McConaughey . The actors met on the set of the film “Sahara” in 2004.
An interesting fact: Tom Cruise was supposed to play Penelope's heroine's lover, but he turned down the role after learning that Penelope would star in the film
A romantic relationship quickly began between McConaughey and Cruz, but it ended after two years. The couple explained this by incompatible work schedules.
By this time, Javier had broken up with Christina Pales and began dating a Spanish actress, with whom he starred in the same film. With the end of filming, the couple broke up.
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The couple Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem cannot but inspire admiration. They are famous, beautiful, successful. Each of them is a symbol of Spanish cinema, their work has received numerous awards from the Audience Award of the European Film Academy (Javier) and the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Penelope) to the Oscar (both). They do a lot of charity work and are in demand in films, but the path to family happiness turned out to be thorny for them.
Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem got married at a mature age - she was 36 years old, and he was 41. And this despite the fact that the lovers had so much in common even before the wedding! They are both from sunny Spain and could meet more than once on the streets of Madrid, both played in Pedro Almodóvar’s films, then starred in Hollywood and even knew each other for 15 years before they finally considered each other. But, apparently, everything has its time - Penelope and Javier had to go through several unsuccessful romances and experience disappointments in order to finally go to the altar together. But first things first. Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem first met in 1992 on the set of the film “Ham, Ham.” They even had to play several explicit scenes together, but young Javier then looked not at his beautiful partner in the film, but at the English translator Christina Pales. However, Penelope was also not very worried that Javier was not paying attention to her. The 18-year-old actress was then more interested in her career than in matters of the heart, so the personal life of her future husband did not concern her at all at that time. The actress became a real favorite of Pedro Almodóvar, and working with the famous master fascinated her at that time. Moreover, in 2001, Penelope Cruz was offered to play in the film Vanilla Sky. The Spanish actress was happy - this was her first big role in Hollywood, moreover, she had to work with Tom Cruise himself! As often happens, love on the screen grew into a feeling in real life - Cruz and Cruz began dating. The romance lasted three whole years, but Tom Cruise, as you know, is a difficult person, so Penelope was never able to cope with him. In addition, the Spanish woman and Catholic showed no interest in Scientology. There were rumors that Tom's religious views were the reason for the breakup. At the same time, Penelope herself said in one of her interviews that she actually did not have “office romances”: “During work, I can have friendly, warm relationships, but not an affair. I don't fall in love on set. Only after a few months, or even more, if this friendship actually began, it can develop into something completely different. That’s why I remained on friendly terms with all my men.” Then Cruz had several more unsuccessful romances with colleagues - she dated Matt Damon, Nicolas Cage, and after the film “Sahara” her long relationship with Matthew McConaughey began, which was also not destined to end in a wedding. Javier Bardem also did not waste time - the Spanish macho won more than one woman's heart, however, most often his adventures remained “behind the scenes” - the actor always knew how to hide his personal life and later taught Penelope this. Fate brought Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem together again in 2008, when they played a passionate couple in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Rumor has it that the relationship between the actors began on the set. Penelope Cruz could not get used to her complex role of a crazy artist, so Javier volunteered to help her. Outside of work, they constantly communicated, rehearsed and discussed the difficult character of Penelope. As a result, Cruz killed two birds with one stone - she played brilliantly in the film (she received an Oscar for this role) and became closer to her future husband. The actress realized that American and British boyfriends are good, but the Spaniard Bardem, with whom she grew up in the same culture, is somehow closer and more understandable. “We’re just friends,” Penelope Cruz answered all questions about her relationship with Javier Bardem. And the very next day the paparazzi published photos of lovers kissing in a cafe or at a party. And in 2010 it turned out that Penelope and Javier got married! By Hollywood standards, the celebration was modest; only close friends and relatives received invitations. After the wedding, Penelope and Javier settled not in Los Angeles, where all the stars of world cinema live, but in their native and beloved Madrid. Their first-born son Leo was born there. During pregnancy, Penelope led a very private lifestyle. The actress did not show off her rounded belly to reporters and did not give interviews about how pregnancy affected her character. She preferred to spend her free time in Spain, on the beach, in the company of her beloved husband. The secretive couple also did not show their son Leo to the public for a long time. However, in one of the interviews, Penelope Cruz still talked about the child, noting that motherhood now comes first for her: “I talk about my son all the time. Even with strangers on the street. This is my favorite topic of conversation. Maybe I will act in one or two films a year, but definitely not more, I have other priorities now. I will never go where there will be more attention to me. I'll go straight in the opposite direction. My ideal day is relaxing with my family on the beach!”
And Javier Bardem usually doesn’t talk about personal things. Only in an interview with GQ magazine did he say kind words to his wife: “I am happily married. Thanks to Penelope, I found peace in my soul. I sincerely thank the one up there looking down on us for giving me the opportunity to be loved.” Happy parents Javier and Penelope did not put off the birth of their second child. On July 22, 2013, on the same day as the birth of the new prince of Great Britain, a girl was born into the Cruz and Bardem family, who was named Luna Encinas Cruz, the girl’s first name is in honor of the Earth’s satellite, the other two come from the surnames of her mother and father. (Encinas is Bardem's middle name).
The beginning of the novel
Finally, 15 years after they met, Javier and Penelope met again in the Woody Allen film Vicky Cristina Barcelona . During filming, they began a passionate romance. Javier later said that Penelope’s hot temperament scared him at first, but then he realized that it was her passionate nature that attracted him.
The Spanish actors kept their relationship a secret, but it is almost impossible to hide something from meticulous reporters. In 2007, journalists from a British magazine published sensational news that Javier and Penelope were vacationing together in the Maldives, but the actors did not comment on this. Moreover, it was specifically agreed with the journalist interviewers that the actors were prohibited from asking questions about their personal lives.
In 2009, information about a celebrity romance was again leaked to the press. It became known that they were vacationing together in Brazil, but Javier and Penelope did not confirm their romance.
Film “Labyrinths of the Past”, 2021
First appearance and wedding
In 2010, the actors appeared at the Spanish Film Awards as a couple, but did not give any interviews or comments until the Cannes Film Festival. A real sensation for the public was Javier’s confession, which he made while accepting the award. Bardem addressed Penelope, who was sitting in the hall, with a touching speech, finally saying: “I love you very much.”
In June of the same year, unexpected news appeared on the front pages of magazines: representatives of the actors reported that they had played a quiet wedding in the company of relatives and friends in the Bahamas. Surprisingly, not a single rumor or photo was leaked to the press.
Two months later, representatives of the Spanish couple reported good news: Penelope and Javier were expecting the birth of their first child. In 2001, the couple had a son, Leo, and two years later, a daughter, Luna.
Penelope and Javier protect the privacy of their family as carefully as they protected their relationship: the actress said in an interview that she would never publish photos of her children on social networks, since it is important for the couple that their children grow up away from the hype.
Javier and Penelope, despite rumors of divorce, are happily married. In 2021, they released another joint project - the film “Labyrinths of the Past” , in which they played the main roles. Javier says in an interview that the temperamental Penelope is sometimes unbearable; Penelope believes that 15 years after they met, fate brought them together. She adds with a laugh that it was thanks to their joint participation in the film “Ham, Ham” that their children were born.
How Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem met
The actors met in 1992 during the filming of the film “Ham, Ham” by Spanish director Bigas Luna . For Penelope, this was the first role in her life, and the girl was very worried. Moreover, she was only 16 years old.
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According to the plot of the film, Bardem tried to win the heart of a black-haired beauty. However, between him and Penelope off the set there was only a working relationship and no romance. The colleagues got along well with each other, but they couldn’t even imagine that they would ever be together.
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