Penélope Cruz admitted she has a « fear of driving » after witnessing her younger sister, Mónica Cruz, get hit by a car when they were children.
Penélope Cruz got candid about her fear of driving after watching her younger sister, Mónica Cruz, get hit by a car.
“I have a fear of driving,” the Oscar winner told Elle in an interview published Thursday. “My sister was run over by a car in front of me when I was 8 or 9.”
The “Vanilla Sky” actress, 49, vividly recalled the day of the accident, explaining how “time stopped” as she went into shock.
“It’s a great trauma, because I saw her losing consciousness. And I was numb in the hospital, telling people, ‘Oh, my sister just got run over by a car,’” she said.
Mónica, 46, eventually made a full recovery, but the four-time Golden Globe nominee admitted she “would have been hysterical” if she witnessed the terrifying incident as an adult.
