After three decades of moving to Los Angeles to try out an acting career in the United States, Salma Hayek reaped the result of years of resilience, persistence and hard work unveiling his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last night 14 November .
In an emotional speech, the actress and producer of 55 years recalled that in 1991, when some friends visited her in the city and asked her to take them to see Hollywood Boulevard, a man on the street tried to wound her with a knife.
The terrifying story, she said, left her a lesson: as a Latina, she was not welcome, and if she wanted to stay and succeed in a foreign country she should fight against everything and everyone .
“When I got home that night, I thought: What do I do here? Nobody loves Me. They almost killed me. I remember going to the cinema some other time and someone kicking my seat: ‘ Mexican, don’t you sit in front of me, go back to your country ‘, he told me. I also remember being in line for coffee and someone holding my arm and moving me. ‘I will not be after a Mexican woman’ . I remember that someone in a film studio once told me: ‘ Why don’t you go back to Mexico and do soap operas? You will not find a job here ‘ “, said the Oscar nominee.
Hayek is not only the most universal Mexican in the world of cinema, but she did it breaking barriers for Latinos, first, and later, the cliché that mature actresses are no longer called to work.
Just this year, the Veracruz woman premiered the comedy “ Bliss ”(Happiness), with Owen Wilson; “Duro de Cuidar 2”, with Samuel L. Jackson, and “Eternals”, where she made her debut as a Marvel superhero.
Next Thursday will be the launch of her fourth title, ” La Casa Gucci ”, with a cast of envy: Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto….
“ I never took to heart a daunting word, and I was given 100 phrases from them. I would say to all of you: find something you love. I stayed because of the love I have for the cinema. If you think you are not good at what you love, as I thought, become good at it. It doesn’t have to be the cinema, be the best at what you do “, he told his fans gathered there.
On the evening, Hayek was accompanied by her husband, magnate Francois-Henri Pinault, her daughter, Valentina Paloma, as well as actor Kumail Nanjiani and Victoria Alonso, Marvel Studios executive president of production.
As guest speakers, comedy star Adam Sandler and Oscar-winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao took the stage, an example of the extensive record that the Mexican has had in the so-called Mecca of Cinema .
“ The power of women in many cultures is associated with the moon, so it was natural that Salma Hayek received her star on the night of the most long and powerful lunar eclipse in 580 years , ”said the Eternals filmmaker, in reference to yesterday’s celestial event.
Sandler , with whom Hayek made the two installments of the comedy saga “Son como Niños” (2010 and 2013), described her as one of the best of her generation and one of her most endearing friends in the environment .
“ She acts better than all of us, dresses better than all of us, speaks more languages than ue all of us. He even has an owl as a pet! “, he joked about his role as an animal rescuer.
Located in front of the box office of the famous Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard, Hayek’s star is number 2 thousand 709 of the ride.
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