Casting Directors: Juliet Taylor and Patricia Dicerto Writer-Director: Woody Allen Starring: Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall The Pitch: Best friends Vicky (Hall) and Cristina (Johansson) travel to Barcelona, Spain, for a summer cultural tour that offers unintended views on love in its infinite variety after they meet an earthy artist (Bardem) and his sometime wife (Cruz).Despite rumors, this Woody Allen opus is not porn involving Penélope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson, nor were the principals precast through Hollywood hobnobbing. Long associated with Allen as his indispensable casting directors, Juliet Taylor and Patricia Dicerto worked as hard as always to bring actors of the first water to the project — and convince the maestro that each actor would perfectly embody his quirkily vulnerable characters. Javier Bardem and Cruz were "very clear, obvious choices" that Allen wanted from the outset to play the Spanish couple whom Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and...
- 12/11/2008
- backstage.com
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