Director, writer, actor and daughter-marrier Woody Allen is shooting his latest film in Barcelona with Spanish actor Javier Bardem. The film allows Allen yet another opportunity to try and fool audiences into thinking attractive women, like Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz, would ever see anything in an bumbling, awkward, skinny old man:

“[Johansson and (actress Rebecca) Hall play tourists] who are coming to Barcelona, and it’s about relationships,” Bardem said of the film, due in theaters next year. “Penelope Cruz plays [my] ex-wife, and there is a triangle there - but it is much more than that.”

Is it also about maybe getting Johansson to learn that “pouting” does not equal “emoting?” Even in Spanish?:

The flick marks a major departure for Allen, who will see much of his dialogue spoken in Spanish. “It has both, Spanish and English, but most of the time English,” explained Bardem, insisting that it’s actually him and Cruz who have had to do the most adjusting. “Working with a second language is difficult, because improvising is not easy when you have to work in a foreign language.”

What about rumors that Cruz and Bardem have been speaking the international language of “publicity stunt relationship” together?:

If you believe the tabloids, Bardem and Cruz have been taking their work home, as the couple have been linked romantically. But as far as the “No Country for Old Men” actor is concerned, he was just happy to be working with the actress on-screen again. “It was great, because we never worked together since ‘Jamon, jamon,’ which was ‘91,” he grinned. “It was a great chance to meet again, and it’s funny because you are working with a Spaniard in a foreign language; that was a little bit weird.”

We think speaking in a foreign language with a Spaniard that you’ve seen with her ankles behind her head is probably a little more weird. Allegedly.

After Villain Turn In ‘No Country For Old Men,’ Bardem Readies For Woody [MTV Moves Blog]