Javier Bardem, nominated for an Oscar with Penélope Cruz: "We have given each other a strong hug, very freaked out and moved"

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Spanish actor

, nominated for an Oscar for best leading actor for his work in the film 'Being the Ricardos', has described as "magical" having been nominated along with his wife, Penelope Cruz, who has also been nominated for best actress protagonist for 'Parallel Mothers'.

"On a personal level I am very happy, especially for Penelope,

, it would not have been a celebration, the fact that this happens at the same time seems magical to me," Bardem stressed this Tuesday in a conference press conference at the Hotel URSO, in Madrid.

In addition, he has described as "extraordinary" and

that Penelope Cruz has been nominated for an Oscar for the second time for a role in Spanish.

As he has told,

"with a thousand hearts" and have been "in shock" when hearing their names.

In the first place, they said his and he still hadn't had time to react when they said hers.

"We have been very happy,

, it is something extraordinary, to be sharing this, very freaked out, very happy, moved," he described.

He has also remembered his mother,

, and has dedicated this nomination to her, which he is convinced would make her "very excited" and that "she is enjoying".

"Here I have her ring,

, it's the eternal love I have for her, the need to tell her everything, like her to her parents. My mother was very excited about these things, she prayed to his saints so that good things would happen to us, I know that my mother is enjoying it at the moment, I have been talking to her and I have dedicated it to her", she said.

For Bardem,

and he celebrates it as such because he does not believe that he will snatch the statuette from his competitors: Benedict Cumberbatch ('The Power of the Dog'), Andrew Garfield ('Tick Tick Boom'), Will Smith ('King Richard') and Denzel Washington (The tragedy of Macbeth').

"The difficult thing was to get here, the other thing is already, in my case it is impossible, I have my hopes in it," said the actor about the possibility of winning the Oscar.

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