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Penélope Cruz Recounts Suspected Brain Aneurysm on Set of The Black Ball

She told Cannes reporters that after fearing she might die doctors cleared her the next day and she returned to perform.

Overview

  • Cruz said medical staff told her during preparations for a night scene that a brain aneurysm was suspected while she was putting on a wig.
  • She described an immediate fear that she would die, a reaction she shared at a Cannes press conference as reported by Variety and other outlets.
  • Production medics and unnamed doctors reportedly gave an all-clear the following day, allowing Cruz to resume singing and dancing scenes.
  • Reports note there are no public medical records or named treating physicians available and the account rests on Cruz’s first‑person remarks to the press.
  • Coverage placed the incident in medical context, citing public health data that about three in 100 adults may have an undetected brain aneurysm and that many are found incidentally.