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Penelope Cruz Reveals She Has a ‘Fear of Driving’ After Witnessing Her Sister Get ‘Run Over By a Car’


The actress recalled the ‘great trauma’ of seeing her sister ‘losing consciousness’ right in front of her.

My sister was run over by a car in front of me when I was eight or nine,” Penélope told Elle in an interview that was published on Thursday, January 18. If she watched the accident happen today, Penélope pointed out that she likely “would have been hysterical” rather than “numb.” Now, she confessed, the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides actress struggles with how deeply she empathizes with others’ pain. After learning to avoid answering similar “psychotic” questions, Penélope revealed one more tactic she has as a celerity: “Even now, on the red carpet, when they shout to ‘Turn around,’ I always pretend I didn’t hear what they said,” she said.

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