Multi-hyphenate Salma Hayek has developed all through her almost four-decade profession, by no means eager to be boxed into sure roles as an actress whether or not on display screen or off. In a sprawling cowl story for Marie Claire, the star/producer mentioned including one other aspect to her repertoire: writing her first function.
“It’s significant. It has an important rhythm. It’s stuffed with surprises to the very finish,” she previewed, holding mum concerning the particulars of the challenge, which she’ll direct and her firm, Ventanarosa, goals to provide. “I feel I’ve earned the suitable after 25 years of doing it for others.”
Having been within the leisure business for quite a few years, the Oscar-nominated Frida star mentioned she’s blissful to see a mindset shift round ageing ladies in Hollywood, explaining, “There was a time once I was the horny lady, however thank God age got here and gave me the flexibility to develop to different territories. Though I’m nonetheless horny and I embrace it. One other calling that I’ve is to remind everybody that girls usually are not disposable after a sure age in any division. We must always battle that with all we’ve obtained.”
Talking to modifications that also must be made, nevertheless, she added, “[When a film is successful] the credit score goes to the person. The lady is simply the lady. I do have an viewers they usually go see me. However I’ve by no means gotten credit score for the viewers I convey into the cinema.”
One other evolution she’s needed to cope with, although has no real interest in, is the rise in synthetic intelligence and discussions surrounding the expertise, its ethics and its utilization in movie.
“It takes away your intelligence as a result of the mind grows lazy,” the Eternals actress, who doesn’t personal a pc, acknowledged. “I write the whole lot by hand. I’ve papers in all places. I barely contact the telephone. They can not profile me. I don’t purchase on-line. I don’t order meals on-line. The synthetic intelligence doesn’t know me.”
