Oscar® winner Penelope Cruz (Vicky Christina Barcelona) provides the voice of sexy martial arts pro Juarez in Walt Disney Pictures' new comedy adventure G-Force.
"Juarez is a knockout you can't knock out," laughs director Hoyt H. Yeatman, Jr. about the character.
The
director says Cruz was the perfect voice for Juarez. "Penelope Cruz is
an amazing actress. I think this is the first time that she's ever done
an animated character, but she brought a lot to the role. She has a
beautiful, velvety voice, which is just amazing. It was great working
with her."
G-Force
tells of the latest evolution of a covert government program to train
animals to work in espionage. Armed with the latest high-tech spy
equipment, these highly trained guinea pigs discover that the fate of
the world is in their paws.
Tapped
for the G-Force are guinea pigs Darwin (voice of Sam Rockwell), the
squad leader determined to succeed at all costs; Blaster (voice of
Tracy Morgan), an outrageous weapons expert with tons of attitude and a
love for all things extreme; and Juarez, a sexy martial arts pro; plus
the literal fly-on-the-wall reconnaissance expert, Mooch, and a
star-nosed mole, Speckles (voice of Nicolas Cage), the computer and
information specialist.
Penelope
Cruz has proven herself to be one of the most versatile young actresses
by playing a variety of compelling characters and most recently
becoming the first actress from Spain to be nominated for and win an
Academy Award, for Woody Allen's Vicky Christina Barcelona.
First
introduced to American audiences in the Spanish films Jamon, Jamon
and Belle Epoque, in 1998 she starred in her first English language
film, The Hi-Lo Country for director Stephen Frears opposite Woody
Harrelson, Patricia Arquette and Billy Crudup. In 1999, Cruz won the
Best Actress award at the 13th annual Goya Awards given by the Spanish
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for her role in Fernando
Trueba's The Girl of Your Dreams.
Confirming
her status as Spain's hottest international actress, Cruz landed a
series of coveted roles. She appeared in Billy Bob Thornton's All the
Pretty Horses, Fina Torres' Woman on Top, Alejandro Amenabar's Open
Your Eyes, Maria Ripoli's Twice Upon a Yesterday and Nick Hamm's Talk of Angels. Additionally, Cruz co-starred in Pedro Almodovar's Live Flesh and his critically acclaimed All About My Mother, which
was awarded the Golden Globe® and Oscar® for Best Foreign Film.
In
2006, Cruz starred in Volver, which again teamed her with director
Pedro Almodovar. Critically acclaimed for her role as Raimunda, she won
the Best Actress awards at the European Film Awards, the Spanish Goya
Awards and the Cannes Film Festival and received both Golden Globe® and
Oscar® nominations.
Opening soon across the Philippines, G-Force is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International.