Salma Hayek received a negative review that she was too sexy for comedy roles. However, the actress wanted more. One genre Salma Hayek wanted to break into was comedy, but she wouldn’t get that chance until Adam Sandler cast her in
Grown Ups.“
I was typecast for a long time,” Salma Hayek told GQ UK in a new interview. “I wanted to be a comedian all my life, but people wouldn’t let me do comedies. I was in my forties when Adam Sandler introduced me to a comedy . I couldn’t get a part. They said, ‘You’re sexy, so you’re not allowed to have a sense of humour.’ Not only are you not allowed to be smart, but you were not allowed to be funny in the ’90s.[2010’s Grown Ups]” When Hayek was nominated for an Academy Award for Frida, she thought things would change, but said, “The types of roles that people offered me did not change at all. I really struggled and I thought that was going to change, but no.“Related
I felt sad at the time but now I’m doing comedy in a time when they said I would die – that I would be out of business for the next 20 years.” So I’m not sad, angry, or mad. I’m just laughing. I’m laughing, girl.” Salmahayek was the character’s wife in Grown ups and would return for the sequel.Salmahayek will next appear in
Magic Mike’s Last Dance. Channing Tatum plays Mike Lane in the final movie of this unlikely trilogy. He returns to the stage after a long hiatus due to a failed business deal, which left him broke and he taking up bartending jobs in Florida. Mike travels to London with Salma Hayek, a wealthy socialite. She offers him a deal he can’t refuse… but has a different agenda. Mike has everything at stake. Will he be able to handle it all once he discovers what she really wants. Hayek worked closely alongside Tatum, director Steven Soderbergh, and Reid Carolin to understand what women want. “More than being a movie about an older woman falling in love with a younger guy, it’s about a middle-aged woman that has a lot of potential and is sick of being undermined her entire life,” Hayek said.Magic Mike’s Last Dance
will hit theaters on February 10th.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6rEu45znsk
