Director-actor Woody Allen would like to cast himself as a love interest in one of his own movies but doesn't feel he can do that any more.
The 75-year-old finds it "tremendously frustrating" that he can no longer play a love interest, reported Contactmusic.
"I can't play the love interest anymore, and of course, this is tremendously frustrating because that's really what I want to play," Allen said.
The director is set to shoot a film in the Italian capital city Rome later this year, starring Penelope Cruz, Ellen Page and Jesse Eisenberg, and despite him having a small role in the project, he is irritated because he would like to play a more romantic part.
"There is a part for me in this. My wife and myself go to Rome because our daughter is going to marry an Italian boy that she met there and we're going over there to meet him and meet his family."
However, Allen reveals it is not a "classic" romantic comedy film.
"It's a broad comedy, not a romantic comedy, but a broad comedy of various tales interwoven. I'm in one of them. All the parts are quite significant, there are no cameos, these are all significant parts, and there just happened to be a part that I could play," he said.
Spanish actress Penelope Cruz has revealed that she is not worried about looking bad in her movie roles - and even asks to be made ugly.
The Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides actress - who has a five-month-old son Leo with husband Javier Bardem - insists she isn't vain about her appearance and is happy to change her looks to suit her characters.
“I'm not scared to be ugly when I work - so I often ask for more moustache or black bags under my eyes.”
The Spanish beauty also revealed that she prefers to be asked to change her accent for her movie roles because she becomes less critical of herself and more open to experimenting with her characters.
Rob Marshall talks about directing the latest in the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Making Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides took Rob Marshall and his cast and crew on a grand adventure across the world. And it was, one of the most memorable experiences of his life, according to the director.
"It was a grand adventure on screen and off," says Marshall. "Each moment while making this film, whether in Hawaii or London or somewhere else, everyone felt great to be a part of this unique experience," says Marshall, director of hit films like Chicago, Memoirs of A Geisha and Nine, who have together garnered a total of 23 Oscar nominations.
"I've always wanted to do a classic adventure film," he says. "The action in Pirates, like dance, is choreographed within an inch of its life," he says.
It also represented an opportunity to work with Johnny Depp, an actor Marshall has wanted to team up with for years. "Johnny is an extraordinary person because not only is he a genius and a creative force, but is also a kind, thoughtful and elegant man."
Depp returns as the lovable rogue Captain Jack Sparrow and this time he's on a quest to find the Fountain of Youth, pursued by an exotic, dangerous band of adversaries, some old — like Barbossa played by Geoffrey Rush — and some new, including the evil Blackbeard ( Ian McShane) and his daughter, Angelica (Penélope Cruz).
Marshall says he couldn't think of anyone else besides Penélope Cruz in the movie. "It had to be an actress who could match Depp on every level. There had to be a sensuality to the character, humour, strength — a female pirate who is as smart, crafty and as clever as Jack Sparrow," says Marshall.
On Stranger Tides is filmed entirely in 3D, a format that enhances the experience for the audience, says Marshall, but represented another big challenge for the director and his crew. "We took delicate cameras into jungles, beaches, caves and ships. It was a challenge. We discovered a lot on our feet as we were going. The movie is a skillful blend of action, humour, romance and, I hope, a spellbinding adventure for my audience. It was an amazing experience making the film," he says. "I'll never forget it."
