PENELOPE CRUZ - A TONGUE FOR ALL REASONS?

ARE foreign actresses sexier when they are speaking in their native tongue?

Or is it more exciting hearing them in English with a twist?
In the case of Penelope Cruz, she's been much better in Spanish movies like All About My Mother and Volver than English-speaking dramas like Vanilla Sky, Captain Corelli's Mandolin and the appalling Woman on Top.
The former squeeze of Tom Cruise has been around a while now, so it's surprising to realise that today is still only her 34th birthday.
Look out for Cruz this August in a film called Elegy.
Based on a novel by Philip Roth (The Human Stain) and directed by Isabel Coixet, it's about a student having a sexual effect on a teacher.
The cast is an interesting mix.
It includes Patricia Clarkson, Dennis Hopper, Deborah Harry (Blondie) and Ben Kingsley.