Antonio Banderas plans to threaten his 13-year-old daughter’s first boyfriend with a shotgun. The Spanish actor, who has teenage daughter Stella with his wife of 15 years Melanie Griffith, is apparently dubious now the youngster has discovered boys for the first time.

“Stella, well, we don’t know where her future lies, and we don’t put any pressure on her to decide,” Melanie joked. “But she’s doing very well at school and has lots of friends and is just discovering boys. And Antonio’s waiting at the door for them with a shotgun!”

Melanie, who also has son Alexander, 24, and 20-year-old daughter Dakota with ex-husband Don Johnson, takes delight in watching her children grow and is full of praise for how they conduct themselves. She told Britain’s Hello! Magazine, “Alexander is a musician, very good-looking and deep, a wonderful person with a really intense inner life. Dakota is wild and beautiful, clever. It’s great to see how she’s developing both in this profession and as a woman.”
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Antonio Banderas became “lucky” the day he met his wife Melanie Griffith. The Spanish actor, who married the “Working Girl” actress in 1996, shortly after the breakdown of her marriage to Don Johnson and his divorce from Ana Leza the year before, has admitted his life changed dramatically from the moment he first laid eyes on his future spouse.

“I was lucky from the very beginning, from the day we met. At the time we were having problems with our respective partners, and those relationships were pretty much over,” he said. “We were both in very similar situations.”

“She’s very funny. That’s one of those things that I’ve always loved about her, together with her generosity. I couldn’t be with someone who is depressed all the time. She helps me get past problems, including the most serious problems that we’ve had, and she’s had. We’ve got nothing to hide.”

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“Shrek Forever After” premiere has kicked off the 9th Annual Tribeca Film Festival. On Wednesday, April 21, the cast for the film gathered at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City to promote this DreamWorks’ animation which does not open wide in U.S. theaters until May 21.

Cameron Diaz, who provides the voice for Fiona, hit the green carpet which was set to match the color of main character Shrek. Donning a simple black dress, she was seen posing next to other cast mates, including Antonio Banderas, Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy who all suited up in black outfits.

Director Mike Mitchell and CEO of DreamWorks Animation Jeffrey Katzenberg also showed up at the special screening. Meanwhile, seen among celebrity guests at the event were Kelly Bensimon who brought her daughters, Robert De Niro who was accompanied by wife Grace Hightower, Banderas’ wife Melanie Griffith and many others.
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Antonio Banderas hopes his daughter will have her heart broken. The Spanish actor, who has a teenage daughter, Stella, with his wife of 15 years Melanie Griffith, is happy to be a protective father from a distance because he believes personal pain can only make you wiser.

“My daughter, at 13 years old, is way more mature than me. She’s very selective… she knows exactly what she wants. I’m not going to jump in unless there is something that’s going to damage her,” he said. “Her heart is going to be broken sometimes, and she has to learn from those things too. It’s called life… she has to live that herself.”
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