Javier Bardem shared rare comments about his “beautiful” wife Pen\u00e9lope Cruz and their life with their two kids in a new interview with Variety.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
The actor opened up about “emotional contact” in the couple’s 15-year marriage when they worked together on their upcoming movie Bunker.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Bardem also spoke about how they’re approaching social media and phones their two kids Leo, 15, and Luna, 12.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Despite being household names, Pen\u00e9lope Cruz<\/a> and Javier Bardem are one of the most private couples in the film industry, rarely stepping out together on the red carpet or starring in the same films together. However, the Dune actor<\/a> shared rare comments on his life with his \u201cbeautiful\u201d wife in a new interview, as well as how working together on an upcoming film reinforced a setting for \u201cemotional contact\u201d in their 15-year marriage.<\/p>\n Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz look on in the stands during the French L1 football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and FC Lorient at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on May 2, 2026 Bardem told Variety<\/a> in an interview published on May 5 that the couple try to \u201ccompartmentalize life and fiction\u201d during their personal life in Spain, sharing, \u201cWe don\u2019t waste too much time talking about work, though we love what we do.\u201d However, the No Country For Old Men actor was excited to work on their new movie Bunker together with his former Vicky Cristina Barcelona co-star<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful story that is going to help us see again,\u201d Bardem\u2014who got married to Cruz in 2010 and shares kids Leo, 15, and Luna, 12, with her\u2014told the publication. He explained, \u201cBecause sometimes you are immersed in your daily shit and the kids and the house, and it\u2019s like\u2014when do you sit down and look at each other again? When do you start to breathe again, and take the other person in?\u201d<\/p>\n Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem attend the opening ceremony during the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival at Kursaal, San Sebastian on September 20, 2024 After pursuing separate projects<\/a> for most of their marriage, the Skyfall actor said he relished the idea of reconnecting during work hours. \u201cOK, now we are obliged to sit down, look at ourselves, listen to each other and be in emotional contact for many hours,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Bardem also had no shortage of praise for his other half, whom he first met in 1992 met on the set of Jam\u00f3n, Jam\u00f3n. \u201cShe\u2019s a woman I\u2019m so blessed by having had the chance to be at the same time, in the same place, in life,\u201d he said. \u201cPen\u00e9lope is an amazing, beautiful, good human being\u2014 the way she relates to her family, to her friends, to our kids, to me, to herself. It\u2019s been a lot of years, and I haven\u2019t seen a hint of malice in her.\u201d<\/p>\n Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem attend the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California \u201cOn top of that, she\u2019s amazingly fucking beautiful!\u201d he added. \u201cWhen I see her being photographed on some magazines, I go, \u2018Is that my wife? Jesus, is it? It must be!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Bardem also shared rare comments on the couple\u2019s parenting style now that Leo and Luna are on the cusp or in the midst of their teenage years. He revealed that his 15-year-old son \u201cgot his first phone less than a year ago,\u201d but that there is \u201cno social media<\/a>, of course.\u201d He added, \u201cThey work with computers at school, which we are okay with and not okay with.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Javier](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/69afcad2f3be3015602d7576352eb7f2.jpeg\"\/)
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