Penélope Cruz on Protecting Her Mental Health During a 3-Day Fight Scene for Thriller ‘Bunker’
TIFF 2026: “I had to trust that jumping in and out of fiction and reality, that dance, was going to make the work better and my mental health also safer,” the actress tells TheWrap The post Penélope Cruz on Protecting Her Mental Health During a 3-Day Fight Scene for Thriller ‘Bunker’ appeared first on TheWrap .
Academy Award winner Penélope Cruz has changed her approach to preparing for demanding roles in recent years. Instead of immersing herself in character for long periods, she now works with her Argentinian acting teacher and theatre director Juan Carlos Corazza to smoothly transition in and out of character throughout a single day.
This method helped her during the three-day fight scene in the thriller "Bunker," which stars Cruz as book editor Sofia and Javier Bardem as her husband Miguel. The couple plays a stable married pair on-screen for the first time. During the intense scene, Cruz admits that some moments affected her, but she emphasizes that it's not unique to this film.
Bardem explained that the scene was created to help them understand the thin line between fiction and reality while still maintaining their identities. The film, which also touches on topical concerns, is set to be released in early 2027 by Sony Pictures Classics.
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