Olga María Ramos advises Penélope Cruz for film La bola negra

Olga María Ramos, a cuplet singer from Badajoz, served as a musical advisor for the film ‘La bola negra’, directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi. Her role involved assisting actress Penélope Cruz in performing two classic pieces of Spanish popular music: ‘Las tardes del Ritz’ and ‘Batallón de modistillas’.

Ramos expressed her pride in the collaboration via TikTok, praising Cruz for her humility and talent in making the traditional songs her own. Ramos also shared an anecdote from the wrap party where she met Cruz and Pedro Almodóvar, during which she was asked to sing ‘Batallón de modistillas’.