Javier Bardem has this dealbreaker for choosing acting roles
Javier Bardem has revealed one strict rule he enforces when looking for his next acting job.
Javier Bardem always turns down acting roles if it means he has to spend more than two weeks away from his family.
The 57-year-old screen star - who has Leo, 15, and Luna, 12, with wife Penelope Cruz - always puts his brood first, so while he doesn't have contract enforcements for luxury surroundings, he always makes sure he gets breaks from filming for regular visits with his loved ones.
Javier told Variety: “I don't have musts in my contract that have to do with bigger trailers or luxurious suites
“The only thing I do pay attention to is, no more than two weeks away from my family.”
Praising his wife, the No Country for Old Men star added that he feels “blessed” to have been in “the same time, in the same place” to have been able to meet his other half.
He added: “Penelope is an amazing, beautiful, good human being — the way she relates to her family, to her friends, to our kids, to me, to herself. It's been a lot of years, and I haven't seen a hint of malice in her.
'On top of that, she's amazingly f***ing beautiful! When I see her being photographed on some magazines, I go, ‘Is that my wife? Jesus is it? It must be!’”
Javier can next be seen in romantic comedy Hello and Paris, alongside Kate Hudson, which will be filming in London.
But his rule also applies to Penelope, meaning that one of them is always at home with their children while the other works.
Also, when they’re both at home, they have an agreement not to talk about their jobs.
Javier continued to Variety: “At home, we don’t talk much about work. We don’t have posters or photos or anything that reminds us of what we do for a living.
“We don’t waste too much time talking about work, though we love what we do. We try to compartmentalise life and fiction.”
However, it’s almost inevitable for the pair to discuss work when they team up on a project together - such as upcoming psychological thriller Bunker.
Javier said: “It’s a beautiful story that is going to help us see again. Because sometimes you are immersed in your daily s*** and the kids and the house, and it’s like — when do you sit down and look at each other again?
“When do you start to breathe again, and take the other person in?… Now we are obliged to sit down, look at ourselves, listen to each other and be in emotional contact for many hours.”
