In a recent interview, Salma Hayek, star of ‘Eternals’ and ‘Grown People’, commented that it was a great actor who opened the doors of comedy for her.
Nominated for several awards for her role in frida (2002), Salma Hayek made unexpected revelations in a recent interview with GQ UK. The 56-year-old actress commented that, in the 1990s, she was told she couldn’t star in comedies because she was “too sexy”.
Lebanese’s daughter Sami Hayek and the Spanish and gypsy opera singer Diana Jimenez, salma was born in Veracruz, Mexico and grew up to be a great actress. After acting in some telenovelas, she debuted in cinema in 1993, with the feature My Vida Loca.
It was only in 2010, however, that the actress and sex symbol of the 1990s managed to conquer her space in the comedy universe, with the success Big people. And, as she herself stated in her interview, a lot of that was thanks to Adam Sandler.
I was stigmatized for a long time. My whole life I wanted to do comedy and people wouldn’t give me comedy. I didn’t get a role until I met Adam Sandler, which put me in a comedy. I was already in my forties!” she commented.
According to the actress, she was told several times that her appearance was the biggest obstacle between her career and comedy. “They’d say, ‘You’re sexy, so you can’t have a sense of humor.’ [Se você é sensual]you not only can’t be smart, you can’t be funny in the 1990s,” protested the Latina actress.
Star in over 80 film productions, Salma Hayek will return to theaters soon, in the long Magic Mike’s Last Dancein Steven Soderbergh. Climbing for the last film of the franchise starring Channing Tatumthe actress will play the stripper’s love interest, according to information from Variety.
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