Salma Hayek remembers the early struggles in Hollywood, saying she was almost stabbed
Hayek remembers how he was almost stabbed once in the early 90s. As a young actor who was still wanted in Hollywood.
Mexican American actress Salma Hayek. Who opened up about the challenges she faced in the early days of her Hollywood career. Said she felt like no one wanted her there, reports People.
The 55-year-old looked back on her career on Friday, November 19. When she found her star in the hit Hollywood Walk of Fame song. And recalled how she was almost stabbed once in the early 90’s as a young actress.
The Eternals star reports that a poor “very angry” man tried to attack. Her in the early 90s after ignoring her beating.
“Every time I think of Hollywood Boulevard, that’s what I remember,” he said.
The fact is that when I went home that night, I said ‘What am I doing here? No one wants me. I mean, I almost got killed today. ‘
Hayek also said he faced discrimination in the industry. Because of his Mexican origins, sharing that one studio even told him, “Why not go back to the (Mexican) telenovelas? You will not find work here. ”
The actor was once forced to think to himself: “Nobody wants me here. They want me in my country.”
However he decided to persevere and the rest is history.
About Salma Hayek
“If you are wondering what gave me the courage to stay. I say it is because even though they did not know me, here in Hollywood. The studios, all Latin Americans did not know who I was. They understand that I came with dreams just like them. “
Salma Hayek Pinault (/ ˈhaɪɛk /; [2] Spanish: [alsalma ˈxaʝek]; born Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez; September 2, 1966) is a Mexican-American actor and filmmaker. He began his career in Mexico starring. In the 1989 telenovela Teresa, as well as the 1995 film El Callejón de los Milagros (Miracle Alley). In which he was nominated for the Ariel Award. He rose to prominence in films such as Desperado (1995). From Dusk till Dawn (1996), Wild Wild West, and Dogma (both 1999).
Hayek is best known for his role in the 2002 biography film Frida. In which he co-starred in and acted as Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. For her role, she received the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first Mexican actress to be nominated in that category, [6] in addition to the Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and the British Academy Film Award for Best Actress.
Hayek won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing. In a Children / Youth / Family Special for The Maldonado Miracle in 2004, and received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a comedy series after starring a guest in a television comedy ABC. Ugly Betty in 2007. Salma Hayek also starred in NBC’s 30 Rock comedy series from 2009 to 2013.
Hayek’s next films include Grown Ups (2010), Puss in Boots (2011). Grown Ups 2 (2013), Tale of Tales (2015), Sausage Party (2016), The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017), Like a Boss ( 2020), and Eternals (2021).
early life
Salma Hayek Jiménez was born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. Salma Hayek father, Sami Hayek Domínguez, is a Lebanese man from Mexico, and his ancestors from Baabdat, Lebanon, the city Salma and his father visited in 2015 to promote his Kahlil Gibran film The Prophet. He owns an industrial machinery factory and is the chief oil officer of Mexico, who previously held the position of mayor of Coatzacoalcos. Salma Hayek mother, Diana Jiménez Medina, is a talented opera singer and explorer of Mexican descent. In a 2015 interview with Un Nuevo Día during a visit to Madrid. Hayek described himself as a 55% Lebanese, claiming that his maternal grandparents were from Spain. Her younger brother, Sami (born 1972), is a furniture designer.
Hayek grew up in a wealthy, devout Catholic family, and at the age of 12 chose to attend the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. Salma Hayek studied at the University of Universidad Iberoamericanna where he studied international relations. In a 2011 interview with V magazine. Hayek revealed that he had once been an illegal immigrant to the United States, though not for long.
Work
At the age of 23, Hayek discovered the title role in Teresa (1989). A successful Mexican telenovela that made her a Mexican star. In 1991, Hayek moved to Los Angeles to pursue a film career in Hollywood, and to study acting under Stella Adler, with limited English ability and dyslexia. In 1994, Hayek starred in the film El Callejón de los Milagros (Miracle Alley). Which has won more awards than any other film in Mexican cinema history.
She followed her role in Desperado with a brief starring. As a vampire queen at Four Dusk till Dawn. Where she performed a sensual snake dance.
Salma Hayek played the role of star starring Matthew Perry in the 1997 comedy Fools Rush In. In 1999, he imitated Will Smith’s play Wild Wild West. She also starred in Kevin Smith’s film Dogma as Serendipity. In the same year, Salma Hayek founded the film production company Ventanarosa, which produces films and
