{"id":778077,"date":"2026-05-06T20:51:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/778077\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T20:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:51:19","slug":"listen-how-javier-bardem-tackles-cannes-and-hollywood-on-his-own-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/778077\/","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: How Javier Bardem Tackles Cannes \u2014 and Hollywood \u2014 on His Own Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"

On today\u2019s episode of \u201cDaily Variety\u201d podcast, in our Cover Story segment,\u00a0Variety\u2019s Daniel D\u2019Addario details his sit-down in Madrid with Javier Bardem, the incredibly busy Spaniard <\/a>who brings the family drama \u201cThe Beloved\u201d to the Cannes Film Festival this year. Bardem opens up to D\u2019Addario about the arc of his career, his advocacy for Palestinians and the depth of his love for his wife, Oscar-winner Pen\u00e9lope Cruz, and the family life they share far outside Hollywood.<\/p>\n

D\u2019Addario, who is Variety\u2018s chief correspondent, recently traveled to Madrid to interview the veteran thespian who is as in-demand as he\u2019s ever been with a Spanish pic at Cannes this year and Warner Bros.\u2019 \u201cDune: Part Three\u201d and Apple TV\u2019s \u201cCape Fear\u201d coming up later this year. Bardem is in the prime of his life and career and he appears to be relishing the moment, D\u2019Addario says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe word that comes to mind is contentment. I think he simultaneously works very hard at his career and is constantly in demand, both in Spanish productions and in American studio fare. But also, he lives a very real life,\u201d D\u2019Addario says. \u201cHe lives in Madrid, outside the Hollywood bubble with his wife, who is also a famous actress, Pen\u00e9lope Cruz. But as he told me, for instance, they never work simultaneously unless they\u2019re working together, so they have a real toehold in their life as a family with a teenager and a pre-teen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bardem went deep with D\u2019Addario on thorny issues including his decision to speak out against the war in Gaza and his concerns about AI\u2019s impact on his children, not to mention the future of his profession.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe really has a lot of perspective on what\u2019s important to him in his art and what\u2019s important to him in his life. And those are not necessarily always the same thing,\u201d D\u2019Addario says. \u201cI think he sees the circus for what it is, and that\u2019s also what enables him to speak out and be such an effective voice or advocate for the causes in which he believes. Because to him, the career is not the be all and end all.\u201d<\/p>\n

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