Eva Longoria Idolizes Catherine Zeta-Jones 4/28/06

Desperate Housewives beauty Eva Longoria has hailed Catherine Zeta-Jones her acting icon - despite admitting her knowledge of the Welsh star is limited.

The pair, who recently met on the set of action movie The Sentinel, have since formed a close acquaintance, but Longoria confesses her ignorance caused initial embarrassment.

She says, "My role model was Catherine Zeta-Jones. I always looked up to her.

"The movie was like a vacation. I was sitting in my trailer watching the basketball play-offs with Michael (Douglas) and when Catherine came on the set I was so excited!

"She was with the kids mostly, but we got to talk a lot and went out for dinner.

"I always thought she was Latina because of (The Mask of) Zorro, but then I heard her speak one time and I was like, 'Hey, she doesn't sound very Latin!'"