Actress Penelope Cruz has revealed one of her early slip-ups before she was famous.

The Spanish actress and model revealed on the Graham Norton Show that when she first arrived in Hollywood, her English wasn’t perfect.

Penelope Cruz (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA)
Penelope Cruz (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA)

She told Graham: “When I first arrived I spoke so little and basically just knew my lines. I used to freak out because I didn’t know what the actors and director were saying – it was very frustrating.

“I even embarrassed myself at the hairdresser when I asked for a blow job.”

Penelope Cruz at the Zoolander 2 premiere (Ian West/PA)
Penelope Cruz at the Zoolander 2 premiere (Ian West/PA)

That’s all behind her though now and she’s one of the most in-demand stars in showbiz.

She was joined on the show by her Zoolander co-stars Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson.

Ben said of working with her and writing the part for her: “She is a beautiful person and an amazing actor and I just wanted to hang out with her.”

Ben and Owen at the Zoolander premiere (Ian West/PA)
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson at the Zoolander premiere (Ian West/PA)

She plays a character called Valentina, who is an Interpol agent, who comes to seek help from Derek (Ben) and Hansel (Owen).

Talking about her role, she said: “I was a huge fan of the first film. I had seen it six or seven times and was one of those people that memorise the dialogue so when Ben called me I was so happy to hear there was going to be a second one and, on top of that, I was going to be in it!”

Zoolander 2 is out in UK cinemas on February 12.