United Kingdom, May 22 -- Penelope Cruz has opened up about having a brain aneurysm scare as she filmed her latest movie The Black Ball.

The 52-year-old actress has revealed that she "thought she was about to die" after being informed of the health concern the evening before her night-shoot sequences on the drama film were due to begin.

Speaking at a press conference for The Black Ball at the Cannes Film Festival, Penelope said: "When we were about to go out, I was putting on my wig, and they said, 'Oh, apparently you have some brain aneurysm.'

"I thought I was about to die. This is something that was totally surreal in my life."

The Oscar-winning Spanish actress explained that she thought it was a "joke" at first but revealed that do...