Penelope and Javier started dating in 2008 and got married two years later. They met 17 years before they started dating. There is harmony in the family, which is why Javier’s wife, who knows him better than anyone, took the intimate photos.
The actor from the film “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” appeared topless in the pictures. Javier posed while buttoning up his pants. In one of the shots, he was captured in the bathroom while brushing his teeth. The photos turned out to be very sensual and truly personal.
The shots were taken for The Gentleman’s Journal magazine. In the interview, Javier recalled how he first saw Penelope. It happened in 1992 on the set of Bigas Luna’s film “Jam, Jama”.
“She was 17 years old, I was 22. For her, it was her first film, for me, one of the first. We met at a wardrobe fitting, looked at each other – and I think something happened. Something that has no explanation and goes beyond logic and reasoning,” Javier shared.
After 17 years, Bardem and Cruz seemed to have reunited: at that time, they thought they had known each other for a long time. The lovers have two children. Son Leo is 13 years old, and daughter Luna is 11. The parents try to combine work and raising children, despite being actively busy on set.