MADRID - Oscar-winning Spanish actors Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem will star in a new film set in Spain by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, Cruz said in an interview published Sunday. Bardem plays Escobar and Cruz plays his lover, journalist Virginia Vallejo, in their first film together since the 2008 Woody Allen romantic comedy "Vicky Cristina Barcelona". Cruz said it was "incredible" that the couple have the chance to work together once again in Farhadi's new film. Cruz won a supporting-actress Oscar for her role in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona". The couple first met while filming "Jamon, Jamon" in 1992, one of Cruz's first films.

Source: Bangkok Post November 20, 2016 13:07 UTC