Ms Penelope Cruz
So I was working as background on the Feature Film Elegy starring Sir Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz. It's a scene where I'm positioned right in front of the two stars leaving the Vogue theater.
I was positioned outside the theater beside the patio of a restaurant where people not in the film were drinking. Penelope & Ben were a couple of meters behind me. Anyway between one take a lady went into the restaurant patio and started screaming and yelling for spare change. She targeted me, and I told her I had none.
She started arguing with me,to,I think,delay the next take. I finally told her that I really didn't have that much. She said that anything will do. I fished out all the $ I had on me: 59 cents, and gave it to her. She counted it and then started screaming at me because it was not enough $ for a 'movie star'.
Finally she left and seconds later I got a light tap on my right shoulder and I turned around to see my crush from Vanilla Sky & many other movies. Ms. Penelope Cruz!! She asked me what had happened. I explained exactly what had happened but I noticed that as I was explaining she was not looking at me.She was looking at my eyes but not really at me(if you know what I mean).It was like she was looking through me.Not acknowledging my existence!All while she came to me for info!
I was heartbroken but as soon as the day wrapped I walked right up to Sir Ben Kingsley, told him my name and asked to shake his hand. He was VERY INVITING and made eye contact with a larger then life grin and gave me a big shake. I felt great going home because of my experiences with the two actors. I came to the conclusion that actors are people too. I believe Ms.Penelope Cruz was exhausted after so many extras were trying all day to make eye contact with her. Sir Ben Kingsley had a GREAT DAY, and embraced,probably his umpteenth person that day.
WOW!Stars are human beings!People should ALWAYS remember that A-D List celebs and everyone in general are human beings that have good days and bad,and we should not judge people until we have walked a mile in their shoes....
