Roberts scoops $1.5m for 45-second coffee ad

Julia Roberts earned a reported $1.5m for a new coffee advert in which she doesn’t even speak.

The Hollywood beauty appears dressed as Botticelli’s Venus in the 45-second Italian coffee advert for Lavazza, posing to have her portrait painted as the artist tries to persuade her to smile, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Julia, who filmed the commercial in Rome two weeks ago, is given a cup of coffee and after one sip breaks out into a huge, beaming smile, delighting the artists, played by Italian entertainers, Paolo Bonolis and Luca Laurenti.