daniel day-lewis plays guido contini struggling to make his next movie. character played by penelope cruz is his mistress. >> that is not what i meant. where are you going to? >> i have to go to work. i can't breathe. >> let me come with you. >> it is impossible. >> why? >> it is impossible. >> why is it impossible? everybody knows about me. why, why won't you let me near you? >> for the very same reason you don't want me to die with you. it is not fair to your husband. it is not fair to my wife. >> please let me come with you. >> no. >> i'll be waiting for you with my legs open. >> larry: you like doing love scenes penelope? >> what? >> larry: you like doing love scenes? >> no. >> larry: no? >> it's always a very strange thing. i mean, we had the best director and i was in the best possible company but it's always something strange, right? daniel? >> we had a laugh. >> we laugh a lot together because you have to bring humor to those situations. >> larry: with a cast this big there had to be behind-the-scenes drama. was there? we'll ask after the break. >

>> rose: guido, played by daniel day lewis, is just another in a string of men who fall hopelessly inssed, sensual, unstable women cruz loves to play. >> cruz: i saw something in carla that's a little bit off. i think she's a very insecure woman, and she's a little bit stuck on using her sexuality, because she's so obsessed with guido that that's like one of her weapons. i'll be here waiting for you, with my legs open. >> rose: perhaps the most extreme example of this kind of character is her portrayal of the suicidal painter maria elena in woody allen's "vicky cristina barcelona." >> i had so much fun playing that woman. >> rose: now, why did you have so much fun playing that woman? >> cruz: because she was so... she thought she was too special to be happy, that she was a genius. they say i was a genius, right? >> javier bardem: i always, always encouraged your talent. >> cruz: not talent-- i said "genius." i'm not talking about talent! i said genius, genius! a tortured genius, and she would not allow herself to become more stable and more sane, because she thinks that if she does th