Penélope Cruz Reveals Fear Of Driving, Says Sister Was ‘Run Over By A Car'

The "Ferrari" star said "time stopped" during the traumatic incident.

Penélope Cruz might have starred in 2023’s sports film “Ferrari,” but won’t catch her behind the wheel.

In a new profile with ELLE, the actor opened up about her “fear of driving,” which she said stems from a traumatic event: when she was “eight or nine,” Cruz saw her sister get hit by a car.

“For me, time stopped,” Cruz said in the piece. “It’s a great trauma, because I saw her losing consciousness. And I was numb in the hospital, telling people, ‘Oh, my sister just got run over by a car.’”

While her sister survived the experience, the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star said she believes she “would have been hysterical” if the incident were to happen today.

The 49-year-old Spanish actor, who plays Enzo Ferrari’s wife Laura Dominica Garello Ferrari in the movie, went on to describe how even today, she experiences “hypersensitivity in every way — visually, to sound, to people’s feelings.”