Despre Penelope avem pregatit un intreg arsenal de argumente care sa dovedeasca, daca mai era cazul, ca se inscrie pe lista femeilor fatale, indiferent de pozitionarea geografica. Madridul natal a transpirat de admiratie pret de cateva roluri in productii dezinhibant de europene, alaturandu-se apoi valului starnit de Almodovar si filmele lui care au cucerit vestul si Oscarul. La Hollywood, pamant batatorit deja de Salma Hayek, Penelope a fost primita cu bratele deschise… de Tom Cruise, la bratul caruia ramane timp de trei ani, crezand ca o simpla coincidenta a numelor (Cruise si Cruz se pronunta oarecum identic) s-ar putea lasa cu o nunta.
Dupa doi ani petrecuti la umbra muschilor lui Matthew McConaughey, cateva intalniri fierbinti cu Orlando Bloom si o ecapada cu Lenny Kravitz, relatia cu Cruise, candva de notorietate, e acum cu mult prea multe editii de tabloide in urma pentru a fi de referinta. Penelope nu s-a culcat pe o ureche si a tras tare, pentru a se asigura ca numele ei va sta in picioare fara a se sprijini de cel al vreunui iubit celebru. Iubitii trec, filmele raman si, spre deosebire de zvonurile alimentate de presa de scandal, au avantajul de a fi certitudini. Nu e nevoie s-o vezi in pictoriale pentru a te declara iremediabil indragostit; Penelope poate da peste cap cele mai calculate minti fara ca macar sa-si puna in gand un astfel de lucru. In „Woman on Top si in „Volver, cel putin, e suficient s-o vezi manuind cutitul de bucatarie ca sa ti se inmoaie genunchii. Ca femeie, ti se umplu ochii de lacrimi cand vezi cat de apreciata e o femeie care stie sa gateasca, fie ea doar rod al imaginatiei vreunui regizor fetisist, si iti vine sa-ti arunci taioarele si sa-ti petreci cele 8 ore de truda cu nasul printre retetele mamei.
Prin filmele lui Almodovar, am cunoscut o Penelope mai mult ingenua decat salbatica, dar cu un sistem de valori foarte bine pus la punct, chiar si sub amenintarea prejudecatilor, sau, mai frecvent, a superstitiilor. Ramane de neclintit importanta pe care o are in viata ei familia, cu bune si cu rele. Drept urmare, nu ne mira ca Monica, sora ei, cu trei ani mai mica, a vrut sa-i calce pe urme.
Despre Monica nu s-a scris prea mult, fara doar si poate fiindca momentan, la inceput de drum, publicul international nu o cunoaste decat prin prisma surorii mai mari. A studiat inca din copilarie baletul, pentru ca mai apoi sa-si unduiasca trupul pe ritmuri de flamenco, pe cele mai mari scene ale lumii, alaturi de Joaquin Cortes. Odata incheiat capitolul cu dansul, s-a orientat catre televiziune, fiind una din protagonistele variantei spaniole a serialului „Un pas inainte.
Asemanarea izbitoare dintre cele doua surori a dat de furca paparazzilor, dar pentru agenti, s-a dovedit o binecuvantare si nu a ramas neexploatata, Penelope si Monica fiind pana in prezent imaginea catorva branduri.
Text: Catalina Sevastre, Foto: www.abcnews.go.com.
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