It’s official! Penelope Cruz better start working on her best blue steel – it’s been announced that she will star in Zoolander 2.
After months of speculation, Ben Stiller confirmed the news by posting a shot of her school picture on Instagram. Incidentally, if Ben Stiller ever tracked down a copy of our school photo and posted it for the consumption of a global audience, we would be contractually obliged to murder him.
'Excited to announce Penelope "Little Penny" Cruz has joined #Zoolander2 cast! #fbf,' he captioned the image.
The film has already begun shooting, with Ben and co-star Owen Wilson causing a stir when they made a surprise appearance on the Valentino runway at Fashion Paris Week last month. They’ve also been pictured filming in Rome.
It is not known what role Penelope will play in the film, which has been written by Jennifer Aniston’s fiancé Justin Theroux.
In 2011 Ben revealed some of the details of the plot, saying: 'Most of it is set in Europe. I don't want to give away too much, but it's basically Derek and Hansel 10 years later, though the last movie ended on a happy note a lot of things have happened in the meantime.'