The 2022Oscarsceremony is going to be a very special date night for two Hollywood couples!
Penélope Cruz,Javier Bardem,Kirsten DunstandJesse Plemonsare all up for acting awards, marking two couples vying for prizes in the same year.
Cruz, 47, is up for Best Actress for her role inParallel Mothers, while Dunst, 39, will compete in the Best Supporting Actress category for her work inThe Power of the Dog.
Cruz’s husband Bardem, 52, is nominated for his role asDesi ArnazinBeing the Ricardos, and Dunst’s fiancé andThe Power of the Dogcostar Plemons, 33, is up for Best Supporting Actor.
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Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst inThe Power of the Dog(2021); Javier Bardem inBeing the Ricardos(2021).KIRSTY GRIFFIN/NETFLIX; GLEN WILSON © AMAZON CONTENT SERVICES LLC
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Dunst and Plemons — who becameengagedin January 2017 and share two children — play a married couple in theNetflixfilmThe Power of the Dog.
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Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem (L); Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons.Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images; Steve Granitz/WireImage
And the feeling is mutual as, the previous month, Dunst toldThe Hollywood Reporterthat her fiancé is “my favorite actor to work with.”
Dunst also spoke about thecomfort of having Plemons on setwhile tacklingThe Power of the Dog’s “painful” subject matter: “Thank God I had Jesse on set, to be honest. I thought about that, like, at least we had lunch together in the trailer and there was a reprieve and we’d ride home together. I could say whatever. I had him.”
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Cruz and Bardem, meanwhile, have starred in several movies together, beginning with 1992’sJamón, Jamónand continuing withLive Flesh, Don’t Tempt Me, Vicky Cristina BarcelonaandThe Counselor, to name a few.
Last month, Cruz (who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in 2008’sVicky Cristina Barcelona) spoke toEntertainment Tonightabout possibly working once again with her husband of 11 years, after seeing his performance inBeing the Ricardos.
“I would love to,” she said ofdoing a musical with her husbandand fellow Oscar winner. “I saw my husband singing in theRicardosand he did an incredible job. He was feeling the same way I was feeling when I didNine, when I had no idea that I could sing but then Rob Marshall convinced me after doing a couple of tests that I could.”
Cruz continued, “And then because I danced for 18 years, ballet, and I’m a big fan of the dance world and music, it’s such a powerful art for me, even more than cinema, so for me, the genre of musicals is a dream! I’ve only done one, so I hope I can repeat it someday.”
source: people.com
