Penelope Cruz

Nine

Penelope Cruz really got a good workout for her upcoming movie Nine. The Spanish actress had to train hard for weeks for the flick, about a film director struggling in his relationships with women, in which Penelope plays the central character’s mistress. In one scene she had to slide down a rope, and she had to put muscles she hadn't used since being a teen to the test.

Describing the scene, Penelope said: “They mapped it out and showed me how it was done. I said I would never be able to do it but I worked and worked and regained the memory of muscles in my legs I hadn’t used since I was a teenager studying ballet.”

Penelope, 35, was rehearsing for the film’s rope scenes for three months before they were eventually completed, and was left with calluses on her hands and bleeding digits from sliding down the ropes so often. She added to Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper: “I was stretching, running and going to the gym to get my arms strong to support me on the ropes. But with my hands, after a while you don’t feel the pain. I had the wounds dressed and carried on.”

Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem leaving Sean Penn's House and a gas station Nov 27th

She looks so pretty for NINE

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Todd Plitt, 2009 photoshoot

Pretty

Penelope and Javier Get In Thanksgiving Spirit With Sean Penn

Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem may not be from the United States, but they celebrated Thanksgiving with their friend Sean Penn this year. The couple stopped off for gas and drinks before arriving at Penn's house for the holiday feast. Penelope has been busy on the promotional campaign for Broken Embraces and the upcoming Nine, but she always manages to avoid questions about her relationship. Still, there are rumors that she's been wedding dress shopping after being spotted wearing a ring on a certain finger recently. Whether or not that ends up being the case, Penelope and Javier's love of privacy doesn't preclude them from taking in an American family tradition together.

Mango magazine

Penelope Cruz Press conference to announce Moet & Chandon Benefit Auction, held at Circulo de Bellas Artes Madrid, Spain - 30.11.09

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Arriving in London - December 3, 2009

Penélope Cruz at the World Premiere of Nine in London, December 3rd 2009:

Interview magazine

Photo by Mikael Jansson

Arriving in London - December 3, 2009

Marion Cotillard Interviews Penelope Cruz!

Penelope Cruz sexes up the January 2010 cover of Interview Magazine, on stands now.

Academy Award–winning French actress Marion Cotillard interviews the 35-year-old actress for the mag and asks her which four guests would attend her dream dinner. Penelope answers, “This is very interesting. I would take [italian film director] Federico Fellini, [Austrian-American writer] Billy Wilder, Woody Allen, and [spanish director] Pedro Almodóvar, and I would make broken eggs, which is a Spanish dish. It’s all fried, and it’s very fattening, with a lot of oil, salt, eggs, and potatoes. I know how to make it, and it’s so greasy, but there is a truth to it. Can you imagine this group?”