The Role: Pelagia is a spirited and intelligent young villager on a small Greek island.

The Film: Based on the Louis de Bernières’ novel, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin is a love story, set against the backdrop of the German-Italian invasion of Greece.  

Cruz (whose character is Greek in this one) has claimed that she feels like an Italian woman trapped in a Spanish woman’s body.

That sounds traumatic. Perhaps there’s a support group she could go to.