CINEMA NOW: MOVIE SUPERSTARS: Cameron Diaz and Penelope Cruz appear near topless together in The Counselor, 12 years after playing love rivals in Vanilla Sky

Friday, June 28, 2013

MOVIE SUPERSTARS: Cameron Diaz and Penelope Cruz appear near topless together in The Counselor, 12 years after playing love rivals in Vanilla Sky

They played love rivals in the science fiction, romance and reality warp Vanilla Sky alongside the film's leading man, Tom Cruise 12 years ago.
But Cameron Diaz and Penelope Cruz certainly seem friendly in their new movie, The Counselor.
The two glamorous actresses are seen near topless in a new film still, obtained by Entertainment Weekly, from the much-anticipated Ridley Scott offering.
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Racy scene: Cameron Diaz and Penelope Cruz appear near topless alongside each other in their new film The Counselor, after appearing in Vanilla Sky together 12 years ago

Relaxing pool side at what appears to be a day spa, Cameron, 40, and Penelope, 39, lay on a lounge, naked from the waist up and their modesty concealed by white towels.
Smiling alongside one another, the two screen beauties are seen enjoying what appears to be some strawberry smoothies.
Cameron and Penelope both appeared in Cameron Crowe's 2001 hit romantic drama Vanilla Sky.
Bubbly blonde Cameron played Cruise's character David Aames's obsessed former girlfriend Julie Gianni, while Penelope portrayed his love interest Sofia Serrano.

Flashback: Bubbly blonde Cameron played Tom Cruise's character David Aames's obsessed former girlfriend Julie Gianni in Vanilla Sky

In love: Penelope meanwhile portrayed his love interest Sofia Serrano and the pair later dated in real life

Meanwhile in a trailer for The Counselor, Cameron unleashes her wild side and crawls across the hood of a convertible sports car in a tight leopard print dress.
The actress is featured prominently in the trailer, which was released on Tuesday, for the all-star thriller that also stars Brad Pitt, Cruz, Javier Bardem and Michael Fassbender.
The trailer opens with a motorcycle racing toward El Paso, Texas as screen credits roll for famed director Ridley Scott and screenwriter Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who makes his screenwriting debut with the film.

Hood ornament: Cameron in a sexy leopard print dress leaps onto the hood of a yellow convertible sports car in a scene from a new trailer for The Counselor

All-star cast: Cameron is joined in the film by Brad Pitt, Cruz and Javier Bardem

Married co-stars: Penelope, shown in a scene from the trailer, will co-star with her husband Javier for the first time since 2008's Vicky Cristina Barcelona

The motorcyclist gets cuts down by a wire suspended across the road and Diaz's Malkina character shows up.
Dressed in an elegant black-and-white dress, the voice-over says, 'If your definition of a friend is someone who will die for you, you don't have any friends.'
Brad's character is next seen emerging from an elevator giving another character a warning.

Seedy character: Javier portrays a shady associate involved in a $20 million cocaine deal

Hollywood power: Brad also has a lead role in the thriller

'You may think there are things that these people simply are incapable of,' he says with a grave tone. 'They are not.'
Bardem portrays a shady character who gets Fassbender's lawyer involved in a $20 million cocaine deal.
'You won't see it coming,' Bardem's character says near the end of the trailer.

First screenplay: The movie was based on the first screenplay by novelist Cormac McCarthy

Wild character: Cameron's character has a cheetah tattoo on her neck

Penelope, who plays a Spanish woman living in America, delivers the last line in the clip when she asks Fassbender's character, 'Have you been bad?'
Filming for The Counselor took place last summer in London and Spain and was halted temporarily after the death of the director's brother Tony in Los Angeles.
The film also marks the first on-screen reunion between husband-and-wife Penelope and Javier since 2008's Vicky Cristina Barcelona and also reunites Brad with Ridley for the first time since 1991's cult classic Thelma & Louise.