The world in the year of 9/11: Penelope Cruz and her romance with Tom Cruise after filming Vanilla Sky
Penélope Cruz and Tom Cruise lived an intense three-year love story in which they walked hand in hand through the most important photocalls and gave more than affectionate scenes to the paparazzi who followed in their footsteps. Their relationship was born in 2001, the year in which the world changed due to the terrible 9/11 attack, which marks the 20th anniversary of this Saturday.
Pe and Tom fell in love during the filming of the movie Vanilla Sky, released on December 14, 2001, just three months after the fall of the Twin Towers. The tape was directed by Cameron Crowe? and it is a remake of the Spanish film Abre los ojos, written by Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil in 1997.
The film in its American version starred Tom, Pe and Cameron Díaz, who was nominated for best supporting actress at the SAG Awards and at the Golden Globes. The film also received another Oscar nomination in the category of best song original.
This production made Tom and Penelope "the couple of Hollywood", filling hundreds of covers in the world press. However, rumors of crisis and distancing always planned on their romance. Some gossips also pointed out that it was more of a promotional ruse than true love.
Their relationship also had to fight distance due to their busy professional schedules. As it was, Pe visited Tom several times during Tom's stay in New Zealand when he was filming The Last Samurai. He also went to Rome to comfort his girlfriend after the death of his grandmother.
The idyll between the actors withered at the end of 2002 and the rupture took place in January 2013. The separation was "friendly", according to what they themselves said. They also assured that there were no third parties involved in the decision and that "both are still good friends."
Vanilla Sky... and more 2011 movies
Other films that were released that historic year were Lucia and Sex, Lara Croft, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Fast and Furius, Shrek, The Others, Ocean's Eleven and Bridget Jones's Diary.
