Eva Longoria: ‘Now I’m turning 50, I’m ready to slow down’
Eva Longoria: ‘Now I’m turning 50, I’m ready to slow down’
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When I find myself sitting opposite Eva Longoria, glowing under the studio lights of a lavish suite in the Aman Hotel in New York, the circumstances could be better. Wildfires continued to tear through LA. Just hours before, news broke the actress, 49, who made her name in 2005 starring in Desperate Housewives, had donated one million dollars (£819,000) to aid those affected; part of the 50 million dollar (£41 million) Courage and Civility Award she received from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in March, to support the Latino Community Foundation (LCF) and the California Community Foundation’s wildlife recovery fund.
She is visibly shaken by the unfolding events, and is quick to explain her trip to the Big Apple to launch a new campaign for Nespresso, in which she stars in a murder mystery short alongside George Clooney, Camille Cottin, and Kim Go Eun, is to be kept brief so she can return to help.
But work calls, and Longoria is the spotless professional as she launches into her appreciation of coffee — “I love them all!” she trills. “I love an espresso, a cortado, a macchiato, a cappuccino.” She professes her adventurousness: “Mexico's coffee is different from Spain's coffee, which is different from French coffee — it’s different from the UK, where you guys love tea,” before confirming her choice of milk: “full fat, whole.” Oh, and as for Clooney: “His energy, his kindness, he's so sweet,” she says. “We filmed in Rome for three days, what’s not to like?”.