In this "Ferrari" scene, Penélope Cruz talks about the presentation of her character Laura Ferrari and how she wanted to relate to the real life persona of Laura Ferrari as much as she could and also discusses the dynamic relationship between her character and star actor Adam Driver's character Enzo Ferrari throughout the movie. Check it out.
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00:04 The first time you see her, she's pointing a gun at him.
00:07 So you are being introduced a character
00:10 that maybe she doesn't have so much more to lose
00:13 because she lost what she loved the most.
00:15 Laura, the car broke.
00:18 [Gunshot]
00:19 When I read that was the presentation of my character,
00:22 I had so much fear.
00:24 I was really having doubts
00:27 on how we could make that believable.
00:30 What's going on in there?
00:31 Air Gentleness, the Signora,
00:33 is trying to shoot il Commendatore.
00:36 Michael was right, and he said, like,
00:38 "There is no way I would change that.
00:40 That is gonna stay, and it's gonna work."
00:43 And there you have it.
00:44 You knew about her, and you never told me?
00:46 He is entitled to an heir.
00:50 I gave him one.
00:52 As it turns out, one was not enough.
00:56 I gave him one! I gave him one!
00:59 Playing this character, it's like,
01:01 "Okay, who is this new person
01:03 that I have to really get to understand
01:06 as deeply as I can?"
01:09 When you end up understanding them,
01:11 you end up loving them.
01:14 Of course, you're gonna go through paranoia
01:16 and doubt and insecurity.
01:18 And cut. Good.
01:20 But he's there holding your hand through that process.
01:24 [ Indistinct conversations ]
01:26 The signing of this affidavit
01:28 was conditional on the exchange of the check.
01:31 I'm sure it was an oversight.
01:33 Bullshit.
01:35 There's a primitive certainty about Penelope.
01:38 Go away, please. Give me a pen.
01:40 And an unselfconsciousness and a judgmental quality
01:44 that is absolutely this character.
01:47 [ Somber music plays ]
01:50 She is locked into a state of grief
01:53 that's impermeable.
01:55 She lost her son Dino a year ago.
01:58 You blame me for his death?
02:00 Yes, I blame you! I blame you!
02:02 Could you let him die?
02:03 The father deluded himself!
02:06 The great engineer!
02:08 Michael told me, "You want to come with me
02:10 to the real apartment where Enzo and Laura lived?"
02:14 And there was something that happened to Michael and I
02:17 with the wallpaper.
02:19 Such a strong effect on me, and he saw it,
02:21 and I said, "Michael, did you see?
02:23 What is this print, these colors?"
02:26 We copied it, and it seemed to bespeak
02:28 that woman who was in the inside,
02:30 who was so vivacious, so spontaneous,
02:32 so of the moment, the "la dana bufa,"
02:35 which just means, like, a card.
02:37 [ Singing in Italian ]
02:40 One condition.
02:42 I want my gun back.
02:47 Their relationship is this fascinating dichotomy.
02:52 I'm gonna give you power of attorney over my stuff.
02:56 For half a million dollars.
03:00 I don't have half a million!
03:02 You will if you make a deal.
03:04 [ Singing in Italian ]
03:07 Their foreplay is negotiation,
03:10 and I think that's really telling of who they used to be.
03:15 He falls in love again for a moment,
03:18 and then they get to relive it for a second.
03:21 I feel it's a combination of the love that is still there,
03:24 the damage, the pain,
03:26 but also, like, it's a release for that pain.
03:29 That encounter that they have in that moment
03:32 is full of rage and anger about what they lost,
03:38 and they share that.
03:41 [ Singing in Italian ]
03:44 (upbeat music)