Amigos del español

Russell Brand

In the Greek Theater of Los Angeles we had the opportunity to talk with the comedian of the moment Russell Brand.
His sense of humor and his sex appeal are the best attraction for this brit that in our interview confesses to be in love with Spain and the Spanish language. Brad is not very shy at the time to talk about this past and he even tried to talk in Spanish during the interview. As an avid lover of the Spanish culture he confesses he is reading the classics of the Spanish literature. Married with the singer Katy Perry, Russell is already shooting a new movie in New York.

Jodie Foster

The Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster is an intellectual when talking about books. She just loves literature and to read a good book.Your last movie Nim's Island is based in a children's book.
Did you also do this so that you'd have a film your kids could see?   
Yes, because they've already read the book and they loved it. The book had a big impact on my son—so now after he read the book he can visualize me. It was like he discovered literature in a completely different way. I couldn't get him to come to dinner because he was too busy reading the book again. It was great. 

Scarlett Johansson

 
She is known as Woody Allen’s muse, having already starred in three of his films. But Scarlett Johansson’s decision to appear in his latest project, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, was due to her interest in learning Spanish.
Why Spanish? 
I already knew a little from high school but it was the most pathetic Spanish. So I wanted to come out of this (experience) being able to talk.

Ben Affleck

Although he is better known as an actor and celebrity who dated (and practiced Spanish with) Gwyneth Paltrow and was on the verge of marrying Jennifer Lopez, 35-year-old Ben Affleck’s lone Oscar is the Best Original Screenplay award he and his good friend Matt Damon won for the film “Good Will Hunting.”Affleck also has resorted to the written word for his directorial debut, a crime thriller that is an adaptation of the Dennis Lehane novel “Gone, Baby, Gone.”
 
 

Robert Redford

Robert Redford came to fame as an outlaw and, movie legend or no, he sees himself as an outsider still.A good Spanish speaker, Redford lived five years in a little town in the south of Spain at the end of the fifties and grew up in south Los Angeles, surrounded by a Spanish community. Good friend of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. 
You grew up in a Spanish Community in Los Angeles, and lived in Spain for a long time, do you speak Spanish?   
I do speak Spanish but I don't practice as much as I would like, so right now I don't speak as I used to in the past.  

Michael Douglas

Considered Hollywood royalty, this 63-year-old native of New Jersey and son of the legendary Kirk Douglas has won two Oscars – one as producer for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and another for best actor in “Wall Street.”Douglas and his family – including his wife, Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones – divide their time between Hollywood, New York, Bermuda and Majorca.