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Penelope Cruz, 2009

Penelope Cruz played a character named Lena in a movie called Broken Embraces that got released in 2010. For those who don't know, Broken Embraces is about a secretary who becomes an actress with the help of a domineering millionaire. When asked what it was like to act in a movie within a movie, Cruz stated that it was "weird."

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.