Venom Queen / Salma Hayek

 

SALMA HAYEK

In 1995, Salma Hayek achieved mainstream success in Hollywood with her breakout role in Desperado. She played Carolina, a strong and confident character who romances Antonio Banderas's "El Mariachi". This role, directed by Robert Rodriguez, marked a significant turning point in her career, establishing her presence in American cinema. The film's success, despite its grueling filming process, propelled her into the spotlight. 

Salma Hayek Pinault was photographed by Ruven Afanador in Mexico

Salma Hayeck

SALMA HAYECK

Salma Hayek Pinault was photographed by Ruven Afanador in Mexico. Swimsuit by Johanna Ortiz. Necklace and body chain by Jacquie Aiche. / Ruven Afanador/Sports Illustrated

 

Salma Hayek … ‘As an actress, I want to play a Puerto Rican, I want to play a Colombian,
I want to play a martian!’ Photograph: Philip Cheung/

Interview

Salma Hayek: ‘Weinstein would scream at me – “I didn’t hire you to look ugly!”’

The actor talks about being bullied by the disgraced movie mogul, marrying a billionaire and becoming a superhero at 55

Hadley Freeman
Wednesday 3 November 2021

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alma Hayek is dreadfully jetlagged, which is one of the perils of having homes around the world and frequently hopping between them. “Let me tell you about my craziness,” she says by video chat from her home in west London. “I’m here for less than a week, then I go back [to the US] for five days for my husband’s work, then I come back here for my work, then I go back to LA because I’m getting a star on the Hollywood Boulevard! It’s crazy,” she says. After this interview she has a fitting for dresses for various movie premieres.

 

Salma Hayek: ‘The men are terrified. The predators are hiding. You feel this very palpable atmosphere.’ Photograph: James McCauley

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Salma Hayek / Harvey Weinstein Is My Monster Too

Salma Hayek

Harvey Weinstein Is My Monster Too

By SALMA HAYEK 

Dec. 12, 2017

Salma Hayek / Mi monstruo, Harvey Weinstein

HARVEY WEINSTEIN WAS a passionate cinephile, a risk taker, a patron of talent in film, a loving father and a monster.

For years, he was my monster.

Feet / Salma Hayek

Feet

SALMA HAYEK

From Dusk till Dawn

Salma Hayek

Quentin Tarantino

Salma Hayek / Nude in Frida

Salma Hayek

NUDE IN FRIDA

Salma Hayek / Frida

FRIDA

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Andrew Pulver

Friday 28 February 2003

Long in gestation, the Frida Kahlo biopic, produced by and starring Salma Hayek, finally reaches our screens, bearing with it an Oscar nomination for best actress. Was it worth the wait? Well, it's pretty stodgy stuff, by and large, that covers all the expected bases, distilling Kahlo's relatively short, incident-packed life into the conventional parameters of the artist biography - lots of wine-drinking, dramatic gestures and arguments about communism. Director Julie Taymor takes considerable pains over small, animated interpolations that briefly illustrate and draw on Kahlo's own work; however impressive these are, though, they're not enough to offset the heaviness of the rest of the film.

Kudos must go to Hayek for persisting with the project over a number of years, and she is generally relaxed and effective in the lead role. She is still let down by her rocky English, unfortunately; as hard as she tries, the jokier lines just sound lame. Alfred Molina does a big bear of a performance as Diego Rivera, Kahlo's eternal foil, grabbing every line as if his life depended on it. Geoffrey Rush, on the other hand, does a terrible cameo as Trotsky, complete with one of those awful movie R-r-r-ussian accents.

But this is still a substantial film, its story told with economy and clarity. And Taymor makes much of what opportunities there are for distinctive design, what with carefully arranged Mexican interiors, Kahlo's affectation for traditional dress, and picturesque incidents aplenty. Kahlo's iconic value - both as a poster girl for 1980s western bohemianism and for Mexico's own sense of pride - is well established, and the movie doesn't let them down.

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