Cruz claims that after seeing her sister get struck by a car, she is terrified to drive
Penélope Cruz revealed in a recent interview the cause of her “fear of driving.” The 49-year-old actress remembered the incident from her childhood in which her sister Mónica Cruz was “run over by a car.”
“I’m afraid to drive. In an interview with Elle that was released on Thursday, January 18, Penélope said, “When I was eight or nine years old, my sister got hit by a car.” “I recall that she had on a red coat. Having said that, red!
And time stopped for me. Because I witnessed her losing consciousness, it’s a severe trauma. In the hospital, I told everyone, “Oh, my sister just got run over by a car,” but I was numb.
Penélope said that if she had observed the event occur today, she probably “would have been hysterical” as opposed to “numb.”
She now acknowledged that the Pirates of the Caribbean were: The actor from Stranger Tides wonders with how much she can relate to other people’s suffering.
She sees it as a “back-and-forth dance between fiction and reality,” despite the fact that it’s an admirable quality.
Penélope said, “I’m lucky to have it, but maybe it makes me feel or suffer things more.” It feels to me like an extreme sensitivity to everything, including sounds, sights, and other people’s emotions.
One of the key issues I address in therapy is finding a balance that allows me to continue experiencing those experiences without taking ownership of them.
As an actress, Penélope knows that when she steps into a new role, her empathy really helps.
The Vanilla Sky actress admitted, “The characters I play can be uncomfortable and painful sometimes.”
“Although it’s difficult to say goodbye to them, I always feel like they’ve helped me become a little bit more understanding than I was two months ago.
This is not your reality, even with the safety net that you are aware of. In every aspect of my life, it fosters more compassion and less judgment.
