Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem declare they reside a quiet, “boring” life away from Hollywood within the suburbs of Madrid with their two children.
However the stars are making Oscar historical past this 12 months, together with Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons — it’s the primary time two real-life {couples} have been nominated for Academy Awards on the similar time.
Cruz, 47, is up for Finest Actress in “Parallel Mothers,” a movie directed by her frequent collaborator Pedro Almodóvar, whereas her husband is nominated within the Finest Actor class for taking part in Desi Arnaz in “Being the Ricardos.”
The couple wed in 2010 in a quiet ceremony within the Bahamas with simply household current and now have two youngsters, Leo, 10, and 8-year-old Luna.
It was Bardem who made the primary transfer on Cruz after years of friendship. They met on the set of 1992 movie “Jamón, Jamón”, and had rapid chemistry, but it surely wasn’t till they each filmed Woody Allen’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” in 2007 that he went for it.
“I don’t know if we have been shy or making an attempt to be too skilled,” he instructed British GQ in 2017: “Anyway, it bought to the final day of filming and nothing had occurred. So I assumed, ‘F**okay! We higher get drunk!’ Fortunately a pal of ours threw a wrap social gathering and, effectively, the remainder is historical past. Thank god!”
Talking of the second they discovered about their nominations, Bardem, 53, instructed Deadline: “We have been on the couch, cuddled collectively ready to see what was going to occur. Once they introduced my nomination first, I used to be very excited, but it surely wasn’t a real celebration till we heard she was additionally nominated. We’d not be capable of actually have fun collectively if certainly one of us was disenchanted.”
Bardem additionally famous that, whereas his nomination was “actually an honor and a privilege to be acknowledged,” it was his spouse’s nomination “that brings me probably the most happiness.”
He added: “If we have been regular folks, we might do a celebration. However we’re truly fairly boring.”
The pair aren’t any strangers to the Oscars. Bardem gained the 2008 Oscar for Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Supporting Position for “No Nation for Outdated Males”.
The next 12 months, Cruz gained Finest Efficiency by an Actress in a Supporting Position for her portrayal of Maria Elena in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.”
The couple are famously personal and don’t often focus on their marriage.
Javier instructed E! Information in December: “When you’ve a household, you need to be extra alert of constructing positive that there’s time for the household — which is, by far, what’s most essential.”
