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  • Salma Hayek was considered ‘too sexy’ for comedy genre

    Salma Hayek was considered ‘too sexy’ for comedy genre

    Salma Hayek revealed in a recent interview that Hollywood had blocked her from starring in a comedy for nearly 20 years because she was deemed too sexy for the genre. Although Hayek acted in romantic comedies such as 1997’s Fools Rush In (opposite Matthew Perry) and Breaking Up (opposite Russell Crowe), she said it wasn’t until 2010’s Grown-Ups that she got the chance to star in a traditional comedy movie. Hayek credited Adam Sandler with finally giving her the chance to be funny. “I was typecast for a long time. My entire life I wanted to do comedy and people wouldn’t give me comedies. I couldn’t land a role until I met Adam Sandler, who put me in a Grown Ups, but I was in my forties then. They said, ‘You are sexy, so you’re not allowed to have a sense of humour’.

    Source: IANS

  • Salma Hayek cried after putting on her Eternals costume

    Salma Hayek cried after putting on her Eternals costume

    Movie star and Eternals actor Salma Hayek got extremely emotional when she saw herself for the first time in the superhero costume, the actor said in a recent interview with Despierta America. Salma plays the Eternals leader Ajak in the Marvel Cinematic Universe feature. “When I put it on, I burst into tears. Not like in telenovelas, but the tears came out and I said, ‘What happened here?’ The image of it did something to me and I said, ‘Why?’ I saw my brown face…I saw my brown face in a superhero suit,” Hayek explained through tears.

    Hayek added that upon seeing her reflection, she could see the dreams she had as a little girl of making it big, and how this eventuality can now further impact other Latinos, their choices and their careers.

    “And in seeing my face, I saw your face. I saw my face as a little girl, who had to have a lot of courage to dream big. I saw the face of all the little girls…and I realized that a door had opened where I didn’t enter alone — but inside that suit were all the Latinos who waited so long for this moment,” the actor added.

    Salma was accompanied by Marvel Studios’ Victoria Alonso who elaborated on why this moment in MCU history is so significant. “This moment is so important because — don’t forget, I’ve been at Marvel for 16 years trying — and I told her this the first time I met her…that she had no idea just how long I’ve waited for this moment. The moment I saw her in that suit was a moment that changed everything in my head, because if that’s possible, many other things are possible,” said Victoria, who is the president of physical, post production VFX, and animation at Marvel Studios.

  • Eternals star Salma Hayek says she’s ‘very nervous’ to visit India

    Eternals star Salma Hayek says she’s ‘very nervous’ to visit India

    Eternals star Salma Hayek has expressed her wish to visit India. The actor, in a recent interview, said she dreams of visiting the country with her mother and daughter. However, she confessed she is ‘nervous’ about her visit. Salma Hayek is making her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut with Eternals. She plays Ajak in the film, directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao. In an interview with India Today, Salma said, “I think I am going to come visit pretty soon. I have a dream of taking my mother and daughter and going on a journey through India. Except, I am very nervous because there are so many places and every time I ask someone if there are generations of girls, where should they start their visit, I get confused. But next time I have a break, maybe I will do this.” While fans wait for Salma to visit India, Marvel has included a nod to Bollywood in Eternals. The film features Kumail Nanjiani as an Eternal playing a Bollywood star. The film also features a Bollywood dance sequence, with a Hindi song titled Nach Mera Hero. A snippet of the scene was shared by Marvel on Twitter.

  • Salma Hayek says she and Chloe´ Zhao had ‘serious fight’ at her home

    Salma Hayek says she and Chloe´ Zhao had ‘serious fight’ at her home

    Salma Hayek will debut as a superhero in Marvel’s upcoming film Eternals. Directed by Oscar-winning Chloe´ Zhao, Salma will be seen playing Ajak in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film. While Salma was excited about playing the part, she confessed she had issues with the script and had gotten into a ‘serious fight with Chloe´. In a recent interview, Salma revealed that the argument took place at the actor’s house and the people overhearing the ‘fight’ were worried Salma might get fired from the film. “I had some problems with the script and we got into a serious fight at my house. We were both passionate. And she was like, ‘No, but that’s not how I designed it.’ The people outside my house were calling it a fight, because we were kind of screaming. We continued to talk and talk, and it went on for a long time. The people outside were so nervous that I was going to get fired,” she told Elle.

  • MOVIE REVIEW THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD

    MOVIE REVIEW THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD

    CAST: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Salma Hayek, Élodie Yung, Joaquim de Almeida, Kirsty Mitchell, Richard E. Grant

    DIRECTION: Patrick Hughes

    GENRE: Action

    DURATION: 1 hour 58 minutes

    STORY

    A hitman who is scheduled to testify in court is forced to team up with one of the best bodyguards in the business to ensure he makes it to the trial. Both of them need to put their past behind them and work together to stay alive.

    REVIEW

    When you have two bonafide wisecracking action stars together on screen, you pretty much know what to expect – fireworks, F-bombs, explosions, more F-bombs, and bullets flying every which way.

    ‘Hitman’s Bodyguard’ has all the right ingredients for a recipe that’s a lot of fun. Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson are well equipped for the characters they play because, in some ways, they’re playing variations of themselves. In fact, it feels as if director Patrick Hughes has pretty much allowed them to improvise their scenes together, especially when they’re taking pot shots at each other.

    This definitely works to a large extent, but there are times when some gags stretch on longer than they should. The same problem arises with the action sequences, that get a little tiresome after a while. In fact, the biggest issue with this film is not that it resorts to a lot of action comedy cliches – which it does. Or that it’s trying a little too hard to be edgy. But it’s mainly that it doesn’t know when to pull back. It just can’t seem to resist the temptation to go overboard. The violence seems to be in a totally different zone from the comedy, particularly the part played by Gary Oldman, who is justifiably creepy but is begging to be taken more seriously than he has to be. This creates a tonal shift which doesn’t work in the film’s favour. Especially when you have Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson doing their thing.

    There are solid performances coming in from the women as well; Elodie Yung and Salma Hayek in particular, seem to be having a blast. On the technical front, there are some interesting transitions that are used to move from one sequence to the next and they make it all a lot more seamless. If only it was a tighter story – ‘Hitman’s Bodyguard’ would be a crisper and much better film. But don’t let that detract you from checking this out and enjoying it for what it is – a forgettable yet fun watch at the theatre.

  • Balancing motherhood and marriage is tough: Salma Hayek

    Balancing motherhood and marriage is tough: Salma Hayek

    Actress Salma Hayek has said that managing motherhood and career is not much of a task for her as compared to balancing motherhood and marriage. The 50-year-old actress said that sometimes her husband, French businessman Francois-Henri Pinault tends to be a little overwhelming.

    “Sometimes the hardest things to balance is motherhood with marriage. They (husbands) take over, oh my God, they take over everything,” said Hayek.

    When asked how she strikes the balance, the mother to ten-year-old Valentina revealed that the trick was to make sure she spends as much time as possible with her family.

    “When it comes to my career, what I do is I only do roles that are shot in a way that I’m never more than two weeks away from my family,” Hayek added.