Penelope Cruz Stars In New Lars Von Trier Movie

Penelope Cruz New Movie 2010

Penelope Cruz may be starring in the new film by Antichrist director Lars von Trier.

The Spanish beauty, who dated Tom Cruise, is reportedly signed up for Melancholia, described by the Danish director as a "psycho-drama".

The melancholia of the title refers to a large planet which looms too close to the Earth.

Von Trier's last film, starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg, was reviled by critics for its graphic depictions of self-mutilation.

Fellow helmer John Waters praised the film on Artforum, saying, "If Ingmar Bergman had committed suicide, gone to hell, and come back to earth to direct an exploitation/art film for drive-ins, Antichrist is the movie he would have made."

Before Antichrist, the director had already polarized critics with films featuring scenes showing actors actually having sex.

According to rumors, the role to be played by Cruz was written for her by the director, who is known to cast Hollywood beauties, such as Nicole Kidman, in his famously bleak and tragic films.

Other stars to work with Von Trier include Emily Watson and singer Bjork,who played a poverty-stricken single mother who sacrifices her eyesight for her young son.

He has promised that he will no longer direct "happy endings," though these generally have not been features of his films.

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