Penelope Cruz said that she turned down a role in her first Hollywood film, because the makers included a nude scene at the last minute.
Cruz, who was just 21 at the time, said that she decided to follow her heart even if it meant losing a huge opportunity.
The Oscar-winning star, who recently played the role of Donatella Versace in FX’s
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, said she was sent an “amazing script” for a lead role in a major American film and she took four months of English lessons before flying to Los Angeles for her final audition.
“When I get there, completely jet-lagged… they say, ‘Oh, we have to see you in the office.’ They wanted to add something to (my contract). They said, ‘If you want to do the screen test, you have to accept that there are going to be some naked scenes that were not in the script’.”
