Benicio Del Toro came to the rescue of Penelope Cruz and her mother after they got stuck in an elevator at the Cannes Film Festival in France, reports IMDB.com.

The Oscar-winning actor saved the Spanish beauty and her mother Encarna from being stranded after the elevator shut down at the Majestic Hotel, where Cruz was attending the film festival to promote the drama Chromophobia.

"It was a very scary experience," said a source. "The lift stopped and no one knew what had happened. Penelope was pretty calm, but her mother is claustrophobic and really started panicking. Benicio managed to get them both out of the lift single-handedly, even though they were stuck between two floors. He has amazing upper-body strength and lifted Penelope out of the top of the lift like she was a doll."

Del Toro added: "It was pretty hairy, but I only did what any other man would do. I was glad to be able to help out."

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