Cruz Still Haunted By Desperate Days At The Sunset Marquis

The Spanish actress stayed there with two stray cat pets while she was shooting her first English-language film The Hi-Lo Country and admits she was lonely and miserable.

Still trying to master English, the Vanilla Sky star admits she found it tough to make friends.

She tells W magazine, "Many times I would pick up the phone and realise there was no one to call because I didn't have any friends."

The experience means a trip back to the Sunset Marquis to meet friends or directors is never one she enjoys.

She explains, "I cannot even look at those rooms now. I have a weird physical reaction. Everything comes back from those years."