The Sorcerer’s Apprentice star Monica Bellucci says she feels more comfortable living in Europe away from the showbiz lifestyle in Hollywood.
Bellucci, 45, prefers to live in Europe with her husband Vincent Cassel and their two daughters Deva, five, and Leonie, three months.
Speaking about being picked for her new role opposite Nicolas Cage, she said: “I am always surprised when an American director thinks about me because I’m not part of that business at all.
“I feel more at home in London, Paris and Rome. My other daughter, Deva, speaks English, French and Italian – she switches between them like a radio.”
She added to UK newspaper the Daily Mirror: “In America, people are really obsessed with VIPs and all those kinds of things. In Europe it’s much easier because everybody knows the difference between an actor and a persona.
“And here they’re not obsessed with age and weight. Here, actresses can work for many, many years. In America you can be a great actress and have no work by the time you’re 40. This is a tragedy, so I don’t want to live this tragedy.”
Source: Splash News