Penelope Cruz Opens Up About Speaking Out on Politics: Why It Would Be ‘Very Contradictory’ Not to While Promoting Her New Movie ‘Bunker’ | Just Jared

Penelope Cruz is addressing being vocal about politics.

The 52-year-old Spanish actress and her husband, Javier Bardem, have not been shy about speaking out about things, being vocal supporters of “Free Palestine.”

While promoting their new movie, Bunker, at a press conference during the Venice Film Festival, Penelope was asked about why they speak up about politics, and said it would be “very contradictory” not to while starring in the film.

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“We don’t have to agree with our characters, we don’t have to agree sometimes with the story, but this involves so many aspects of where the world is right now — things that affect all of us, future generations,” the actress shared, via Variety.

“There are so many things in this film that it would be really contradictory to then be here and say, ‘Oh, I don’t want to talk about that.’ It’s impossible,” Penelope continued. “And that’s why a situation like [this press conference] is sometimes more scary than, I don’t know how many weeks of shooting that we did. But still, I don’t think it would make sense to say, ‘I don’t talk about politics.’”

Javier added that whether “you’re an artist, an actor, a plumber, a taxi driver” you have the right to “expose your truth on what you think is important.”

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“Obviously I have more resources to do it than a taxi driver, because I have this thing [the mic] and I have you guys listening to me. So the responsibility is a different one,” Javier shared during the press conference. “And that’s what I think is important, to have a responsibility towards the world that we live in and I don’t take it for granted.”

“But artistically speaking, this movie speaks about that, about how much we’re willing to see, feel, welcome the other, or fear based on what we imagine, our pre-judgments, our fears. Based on that, how much are we going to isolate and criminalize the other? And I don’t know the answer, but it’s a good question,” he added.

If you didn’t know, Bunker marks the seventh movie Penelope and Javier have done together, and it was specifically written with them in mind. Find out more here!

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