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Actress Penelope Cruz was on ‘Charlie Rose’ last night, where she discussed her latest movie Broken Embraces.  Cruz is very genuine in this interview. I find Charlie Rose’s approach to celebrities very relaxing for the celebrity and very insightful for the viewer. 

Here is what Cruz told Rose about the influence of Oscar winning director Pedro Almodovar:

“I was fascinated with him as an artist and with him as a person because of what he represented in our country.  The first thing I remember was in the ‘80’s, and I was watching movies that I was not old enough to watch.  But I was really fascinated by his way of seeing the world.

And the time that I saw Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down I was 13.  And I always tell this story, but it’s true, that that was the day when I took a walk by myself after I watched the movie and I decided to look for an agent and try to become an actress so that I could one day meet him and work with him.” 

If you missed last night’s interview with Penelope Cruz, catch it again tonight on BLOOMBERG TELEVISION at 8PM and 10PM ET, or listen to the interview simulcast on Bloomberg Radio.  Bloomberg Radio is broadcast on 1130AM in the New York Metropolitan area and is available on XM and Sirius.

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Apparently, Sony Picture Classics persuade Pedro Almodovar to Broken Embraces, the director’s latest alliance with actress Penelope Cruz that he also scripted. 

The film also stars Almodovar friends Lluis Homar and Blanca Portillo.  The film has been reported several times to be shot in the style of 1950s American film noir. Almodovar is filming on location in Madrid and the Canary Islands.

The story engages four people in a love story and “touches on many genres,” including thriller, according to Variety.

The film will be the 10th Almodovar film from Sony’s specialty arm. Filmmaker calls the film movie “the most novel-like story I have written to date” and says its shadowy look was partly inspired by a series of migraines that rendered him ultra-sensitive to bright lights.

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