Penelope Cruz On Kissing Scarlett: Hypochondriac Woody Allen "Didn't Care Less" (VIDEO)

Woody Allen really is a hypochondriac. So much so he didn't care to watch Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson kiss (pictured below) during the filming of his latest movie, Cruz revealed last night on "The Late Show With David Letterman" and again today on "Live with Regis and Kelly."

Apparently, Allen was more interested in the cause of a stain on his hand than the kiss between Esquire's "sexiest woman alive" and Cruz.

"He couldn't care less," Cruz told Letterman.

Allen was so worried he halted filming to go to the doctor, forcing the actresses and crew to wait four hours for him to return.

Cruz said she's been asked "every day" about the kiss that appears in Allen's new film "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." She said she felt she couldn't tell the real story until now because she wanted check with Allen first.

"I asked Woody and he said, 'Yeah you can say whatever you want about me,'" Cruz said.

Watch the clip from Letterman:

And one for her talking points, Cruz repeated the story on "Live With Regis And Kelly" this morning:

The dark room kiss:

Comments

[wadenelson1]

Penelope is like Liza Minelli. She's only got one "look" that's good for her, that even makes her recognizable.

[ChiGuy]

As long as those lips are moving, she could read the back of a cereal box to me and I'd be enthralled.

[sufi66]

They need to send actors out to promote films, but it is rarely interesting. This actress is a bore and the story she tells is a bore.

Allen is the greatest American director. Most of the actors are interchangeable.

[nellpost]

is he a pervert?

[ifihadahammer]

Penelope Cruz a bore? You must be dreaming. Almodovar doesn't hand-pick a nobody. She's brilliant.

[tigerkite]

She is brilliant, as is Almodóvar.

[sufi66]

Still, the only way to make herself interesting is to tell a story about a genius who is authentically interesting. Maybe that's way Hitchcock called actors "cattle."

[runnerin1]

No way in hell is this girl a bore.

[KillgoreTrout43]

If you ever had any mojo, you have completely lost it. Penelope is a gorgeous woman. She speaks two languages, how many do you speak?

[Fudgefase]

I want to know what the stain/mark was? Is Woody ill? That's the story.....

[yesyesyes]

It seems strange that two people of the same gender kissing STILL causes (?) a big fuss, maybe they just need something to talk to talk shows about.

[Fudgefase]

I agree. Two actresses kiss. What's the interest?

[cls105]

why did i just watch this? huffpost is going tabloid...

[whiteboyblues]

Going?

[pakaal]

...going....

Gone.

;-)

[AgathaX]

I'm always perplexed by the people who read stories in the "Entertainment" section of HuffPo and then take extra time to write a few lines complaining about the tabloidish nature of the stories they read. A story about a famous director's curious behavior in the course of filming a scene--charmingly told by an actress to David Letterman-- is well within the parameters of what belongs in the ENTERTAINMENT section of any publication, including HuffPo.

[equivoque]

Ditto. Why read it in the first place and then "dignify" reading it with a negative comment? Comes across as embarrassment of our collective voyeuristic impulses whilst putting down those of us who publish and read it without guilt.

I'm not interested in the "style" category, so I don't read it and thus don't slam it. Why? Because I have other interests. "Viva la difference".

[Veronica]

And it is especially embarrassing when my fellow women go overboard with the hostility toward beautiful female celebrities. Ever checked out an Angelina Jolie thread? Some people just can't deal with the fact that other people are beautiful and famous. I got over this years ago; I just don't get it. These are adults, but they come across like preteen girls: "That (blank) thinks she is so hot! I hate her!!!!"

Sad.

[Eric8869]

Penelope Cruz is the worst actress in Hollywood and also the worst person to interview (so boring).

[flydoghead]

big pauly shore fan are you ?

[sufi66]

But she thinks she's the center of the universe.

[marymansour]

She goes with Javier Bardem and that's an achievement. Wow. he. is. hot.

[alsm9]

....she's an actess...duh....

[Veronica]

Hmmm....somebody is jealous of Penelope Cruz, that's for sure. It's sad that you're so insecure.

FYI, it makes you sound kind of, well, pathetic to say PC "thinks she's the center of the universe" based on watching her in some interviews over the years.

[bujeeboo]

That is haawwt!

Isn't that what we're supposed to say here?

[thenicerguy]

Well, obviously, if Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson were kissing, there would be a stain on most men's hands.

They just wouldn't feel the need to follow up with an emergency doctor's visit.

[politicky]

that's funny :)

[andvoodoo2]

LOL!

[wadenelson1]

When did Huffpo turn into Hufftab (loid)?

[eXcommunicate]

This article is in the ENTERTAINMENT section of the site. Did you miss that?

[sixletters]

Obviously Cruz and Johansson are way to old for Woody.

[pakaal]

Tell that to Soon-Yi.

[luckyoldson]

Good lord, this is actually a story?

What I like the most: Allen telling her he didn't care what she said about him.

That's the sign of one who is self confident and really could care less.

[eXcommunicate]

Couldn't care less.

[sufi66]

Right. She's a hired worker. She's not that interesting. Just about any competent actress could do the role with Allen directing.

[scornflakes]

Great story. Shut up. Take it off.

[andvoodoo2]

Allen didn't want to watch the kiss because he was afraid he would embarrass himself in front of the cast and crew.

[KillgoreTrout43]

Jerk.