Penelope Cruz Talks 'Barcelona'

Penelope Cruz plays Javier Bardem's tempestuous ex-wife in Woody Allen's new comedy, 'Vicky Cristina Barecelona,' and she tells ET what makes her character tick!

"In many ways I didn't want to portray a crazy person; I wanted to get to really understand the reality that she lives in -- the one that she defends," the Oscar-nominated star tells ET's own Thea Andrews.

In theaters August 15, 'Vicky Cristina Barecelona' stars Scarlett Johansson as an emotionally and sexually adventurous American woman in Barcelona who becomes romantically entangled with a charismatic painter (Bardem) and his turbulent ex-wife (Cruz).

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