Penelope Cruz Says She Received Equal Pay to Javier Bardem for Cannes Drama ‘Everybody Knows’
Hollywood has a long way to go when it comes to pay disparity, but at least that isn’t the case in the household of Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem.
When asked if the husband-wife Spanish stars both received the equal paychecks for their latest movie, “Everybody Knows,” which opened the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, Cruz broke out a sly smile.
“Actually, yes,” she said on Wednesday morning.The Oscar-winning actress then spoke about how she works with her real-life partner, who she first collaborated with in 1992’s “Jamon Jamon.” “We don’t take the characters home at the end of the day,” Cruz said.
“We have similar ways of work.
The fact that we know each other and trust each other helps.” She doesn’t expect to make a habit of it.
“It’s not something we plan on doing every two years,” she said.
“That will be once in a while,
