Hollywood Royalty

MIRREN: I had a padded butt in "The Queen," as well. It wasn't just Penelope.

CRUZ: Oh, I'm so happy! Now every time someone asks me this, I'm going to say, "Helen had one, too."

Did the butt help?

CRUZ: Completely. Pedro and I didn't talk about it. Maybe a one-minute conversation. It just made me work in a different way, move in a different way. It was like finding the right shoes for the character.

You've all done some impressive accent work in your careers. Cate has done three different ones this year. Is it a hurdle to get over when you're building a character?

WHITAKER: Accents help me figure out how to move, how to gesture. I think sometimes when an actor's accent doesn't work, it's because it isn't connected to the body.