She said: "I really like Guinness. I always drink it straight from the bottle. I have a lot of Irish friends and they introduced me to it. Although I like it if I have one I'm drunk!"
Penelope, 34, isn't the only Hollywood beauty to have an unlikely penchant for Guinness.
Gwyneth Paltrow is also partial to downing a few pints of the black stout when she has night off from motherhood duties.
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Penelope Cruz holds up her trophy for Best Supporting Actress of the 81st Academy Awards at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California, the United States, Feb. 22, 2009 |
The 'Iron Man' actress - who has a four-year-old daughter Apple and son Moses, two, with her Coldplay star husband Chris Martin - recently revealed: "I'm probably less square than people think. I love Guinness and the odd glass of red wine. I never get drunk to the point of throwing up, but I get very talkative."