She is one of the most important Spanish actresses at an international level, winner of an Oscar and three Goyas, among other awards, and with one of the most popular love stories on the cinematographic scene. We are talking about Penélope Cruz, a native of the Madrid town of Alcobendas, who won over critics and audiences thanks to her first film, Jamón, jamón.
In fact, it was in the film directed by Bigas Luna in 1992 that the actress and her husband, Javier Bardem, met. Although it wasn’t until years later and in another movie, where love arose. Of course, Cruz’s family always predicted a relationship between the two. This was confessed by Penélope’s sister, Mónica Cruz, in the program Let’s say that I speak of…, in La Sexta.
Penélope Cruz began her film career with Jamón, jamón, by Bigas Luna, where she starred in an important erotic scene, something that surprised her family when they attended the premiere. So much so that her grandmother “came out white from the movies,” Mónica Cruz, the actress’s sister, still remembers in the La Sexta program presented by Iñaki López.
However, that risque scene was not an impediment for Penelope. “I was very clear about it and it was her opportunity, above all, with a man like Bigas Luna,” she assured. That’s why her family, especially her parents, were always clear that her daughter was going to do what she wanted,” said Katrina Bayonas, Penélope’s representative, who also stated that “they always left her a lot of freedom “.
What Penelope could not imagine in that year 1992, at just 17 years old, that this role would change her life, not only at work but also sentimentally. Let’s remember that it was in this film that she met the man who would be her future husband, Javier Bardem. “There she met Javier and then life brought them back together,” commented Mónica Cruz.
In fact, the actress also made a revealing confession: what her family thought about the future of both. “In my house we made bets,” she revealed. And here came some powerful information about it. “That I was going to end up with Javier. And we were not wrong, ”she snapped. “We saw more of us than they did,” she reflected.
