The Material Girl famously flaunted her crush on the Spanish hunk in her outrageous 1991 documentary In Bed With Madonna, which saw her flirt with a shy Banderas at a party in Spain.
The actor admits he was a nervous wreck in Madonna’s presence – because he couldn’t speak English and didn’t know how to fend her off.
He tells Harper’s Bazaar, “I couldn’t speak English at the time. She said a lot of things at the table when we were having dinner – I couldn’t understand s**t. I was just flipping out that I was sitting down close to Madonna. She was very famous already, and we were just local people.
“It was kind of flattering when somebody said, ‘She likes you, a lot.’ I said, ‘Oh, really? I’ve no idea what I should do about this. I mean, I’m married (to first wife, Ana Leza).’ So, nothing happened.
“I was afraid of it at the time, because she was a very powerful woman. I didn’t want to be Madonna’s boy. For good or for bad, I just wanted to have my own career.”
The pair went on to star in the 1996 movie musical Evita together.
