‘Shocked’ Olivia Wilde’s two-word response to Penelope Cruz improvising their kiss in ‘The Invite’

Olivia Wilde’s “mind went blank” when Penelope Cruz improvised a kiss with her while filming “The Invite.” The “O.C.” alum recently told “Table Manners” podcast listeners that she was “so shocked” by the moment, which ended up in the final cut of the movie, that she “turned [her] head and looked directly into the lens.” The 42-year-old recalled a camera operator saying her name, to which she — “for some reason” — replied, “Cut. Namaste!” Wilde explained, “That’s the only thing that came to my mind.
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Olivia Wilde’s “mind went blank” when Penelope Cruz improvised a kiss with her while filming “The Invite.” The “O.C.” alum recently told “Table Manners” podcast listeners that she was “so shocked” by the moment, which ended up in the final cut of the movie, that she “turned [her] head and looked directly into the lens.” The 42-year-old recalled a camera operator saying her name, to which she — “for some reason” — replied, “Cut. Namaste!” Wilde explained, “That’s the only thing that came to my mind. ‘Namaste.’ And everyone was like, ‘What?’ And I was like, ‘I don’t know.’ “My mind went blank because I was so struck by this moment,” the actress continued. I was so madly in love with her.” When the “Table Manners” co-hosts dubbed Cruz, 52, “the sexiest woman alive” during the July 8 episode, Wilde joked, “I was like, ‘Oh!
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- Olivia Wilde’s “mind went blank” when Penelope Cruz improvised a kiss with her while filming “The Invite.” The “O.C.” alum recently told “Table Manners” podcast listeners that she was “so shocked” by the moment, which ended up in the final cut of the movie, that she “turned [her] head and looked directly into the lens.” The 42-year-old recalled a camera operator saying her name, to which she — “for some reason” — replied, “Cut. Namaste!” Wilde explained, “That’s the only thing that came to my mind.
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‘Shocked’ Olivia Wilde’s two-word response to Penelope Cruz improvising their kiss in ‘The Invite’
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