Date: 15th January 2002

Penélope Cruz Taking Break From Films


Penélope Cruz is taking a break from acting - fuelling reports she will shortly marry Hollywood superstar TOM CRUISE. The couple started dating following Cruise's split from fellow acting star NICOLE KIDMAN last year (2001) - with reports rife that the pair are planning an impending wedding.

Now Cruz, who has made films non-stop for the last 10 years, is planning to take time out from work. She says, "I wouldn't have had it any other way and I've had fun. But now I urgently need a break, a short time-out,"

Adding that she plans to have at least six months away from movies. However the Spanish beauty, 27, denied she will begin a family with Cruise, who she currently appears with in VANILLA SKY (2001). "I simply don't feel ready for that," she says. (CPT/WNWR/MCM)

Source: WENN