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In this video, ‘The Invite’ stars Penélope Cruz and Olivia Wilde discuss their most memorable meals on and off the set. Find out which childhood dishes shaped their hospitality today, the story behind the flan on Pedro Almodóvar's movie sets, and Olivia's favorite Parisian restaurant.
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00:00And I sat and I ate an entire chicken and I drank a bottle of wine.
00:04It was like I was about to be executed.
00:06Spanish gazpacho.
00:07What are the ingredients?
00:09Oh, you know there is a scene in Women on the Birds of an Arabian Breakdown where she says,
00:13Tomate, pepino.
00:15Tomate, pepino, pimiento.
00:18My family's like Irish and English.
00:21We love a roast and I love a roast potato.
00:23It really makes me think of my dad because we together have perfected the roast potato.
00:27When Pedro is missing like one of the flans from his sisters, he puts it in a scene.
00:33He writes a new scene and then in this scene you're going to be in the kitchen eating a flan.
00:38And he calls the sisters and they make the most incredible things.
00:41I love being on location because of the meals you get to have.
00:45And those are always my favorite bonding experiences.
00:47If my character planned dinner, I mean she's failed.
00:49Now she'll never plan a dinner again.
00:51I think she would want to figure out exactly what pino really loves and just make so much of that.
00:57Olives?
00:58Olives.
00:58She would just do bowls of olives, which is about as much as I can cook.
01:02And the way Olivia says jamon.
01:04Jamon.
01:05I could never get tired of listening to Olivia saying jamon.
01:09What I love is Lamy-Louis in Paris.
01:11I swear to you.
01:12Is that what you were going to say?
01:13I swear to you that it's the one that I had in mind.
01:15You know what I did recently?
01:16I went alone.
01:18And I went and I sat and I ate an entire chicken.
01:20And I drank a bottle of wine.
01:24It was like I was about to be executed.
01:26I love that place.
01:27Tchau, tchau.
01:27Tchau, tchau, tchau, tchau.
01:27Tchau, tchau.

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