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Similar to his wife Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem seems to be team Johnny Depp.
The Edward Scissorhands star sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for $50million for defamation. Heard claimed she was a victim of domestic abuse in an op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in December 2018. Cruz wrote a declaration where she expressed how lucky she feels to know the 59-year-old. “I met Johnny when I was 19 years old,” The Blast reported her saying: “He was in Madrid and [director] Pedro Almodovar introduced him to me. The only sentences I knew how to say in English at that time were, ‘how are you’ and ‘I want to work with Johnny Depp.'”
Cruz and Depp went on to star together in the likes of Blow, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Murder on the Orient Express. The actress added in her declaration: “I’ve always been impressed by his kindness, his brilliant mind, his talent, and his peculiar sense of humor. I’ve seen Johnny in so many situations, and he is always kind to everyone around. He is one of the most generous people I know.” But how does Penélope Cruz’s husband of twelve years – Javier Bardem – feel about Johnny Depp?
Javier Bardem And Penélope Cruz Do Not Publicly Talk About Their Marriage
Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz are a notoriously private couple and rarely speak about each other in interviews. They quietly got married in a private ceremony in the summer of 2010. They’ve starred in several critically-acclaimed movies together. In February 2022, they made Oscars history as the sixth married couple to be nominated in acting categories in the same year.
Bardem was his future wife’s co-star in her breakthrough role as Silvia in Jamón, Jamón (1992), as well as starring alongside her in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). They were also both in the 2013 film The Counselor, and 2018’s Everybody Knows. They began dating in 2007, and married in early July 2010 in a private ceremony at a friend’s home in the Bahamas.
They have a son named Leo Encinas Cruz who was born in January 2011 in Los Angeles, and a daughter named Luna Encinas Cruz who was born in July 2013 in Madrid.
Javier Bardem Has Described Johnny Depp As ‘Easy’ And ‘Flexible’
Penélope Cruz fell pregnant while filming Pirates of the Caribbean, to which she claims Depp was very supportive. “During six months of my first pregnancy, I spent every single day with him while we shot Pirates of the Caribbean,” she wrote in her declaration.
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“My husband [actor Javier Bardem] and I will never forget the sweetness, protection, and kindness he treated me with during every single step of that process. We love him very much, and I feel lucky to have someone so special in our lives.”
Speaking in a separate interview, Bardem described Depp as “very accessible, very generous.” When asked what it was like working with Depp in Before Night Falls, where the Hollywood star played a dual role, Bardem said: “Especially in the second scene, when he plays a lieutenant, that we shot in [director Julian Schnabel’s] house, actually — he did this little set in his house, and we shot it there — where Reinaldo is taken prisoner by him.”
Bardem continued: “He has this idea, sort of imaginations about the sexuality of this lieutenant, and then it mixes with the reality of the situation where he’s going to be very much punished for being anti-revolutionary, a writer, and especially a gay person. That scene took a whole day, and I loved playing with him. I could tell that he was so easy, so soft, so flexible. Like nothing, it was a dance — I love working with him.”
Javier Bardem Stated In A Declaration That He ‘Stands’ By Johnny Depp
As well as his wife, Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem filed a declaration in support of Depp, who won a lawsuit against his ex-wife over domestic abuse allegations.
“I love Johnny. He has always been a true gentleman and an extremely generous and caring friend to my family and myself,” Bardem wrote.
“On top of that, I’ve had the gift of working with him twice and have experienced his respectful attitude towards every single member of the crew alongside his unique and hilarious sense of humor. I stand by Johnny because I have always seen and felt a true caring and loving man in him — an extraordinary and unique artist who has listened to anyone who needed his help,” Bardem adds.
“I not only love Johnny but respect him deeply and I thank him for being the free and careless little boy he is in his art and the mature and loving man he is in the lives of others — always there when we need him.”
Bardem concludes, “I love Johnny because he is a good human being, trapped in the lies and manipulations of toxic beings and yet smiling and loving us all in spite of it. How? Through his music, through his acting, through his silence. This means a lot. Thank you, Johnny. Millions of others like me love you deeply.”