Penelope Cruz is the cover star of Marie Claire‘s February 2019 issue where she opens up about family life and sharing the screen with her husband Javier Bardem.
The 44-year-old actress, who has starred in nine movies with her 49-year-old hubby, including the new Spanish psychological thriller “Everybody Knows” that premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, tells Marie Claire that while she loves working with Bardem, she doesn’t want to do it too often.
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“Obviously we can’t choose parts just for logistical reasons, like ‘Oh let’s work together because it’s easier.’ No. In fact, it’s not something we want to do that often, partly out of desire to protect what we have,” the “Loving Pablo” star explains to the magazine.
“On the one hand, it’s easier because you know that person, he knows you, and the way you work is very similar. On the other hand, the idea of it happening every year is very scary. I think it’s better for it to just be once in a while, even though they’ve been very good experiences.”
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Cruz and Bardem first worked together on the 1992 Spanish film “Jamón, Jamón”, and began dating in 2007, around the time the pair were filming the romantic comedy-drama “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”. They married in July 2010 and have two children together, a son, Leo, born in 2011, and a daughter, Luna, born in 2013.
The Oscar-winning actress also speaks to Marie Claire about raising children and some of the things that surprised her about motherhood.
“It’s the thing that make me the happiest. But there are a lot of things that have surprised me about it. It’s like a revolution inside you – a very animal-like one,” she reveals. “The whole world looks different. You’ll never think of yourself first again, and I think that’s a very good thing. It happens in a second.”
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Cruz also reflects on her career and touches on her work with the Time’s Up movement and how she hopes to extend it beyond Hollywood. You can read the full interview at MarieClaire.com.
