'Humbling Experience', Eternals Actress Salma Hayek On Playing A Superhero In Her 50s
Salma Hayek has set the best example of how age is just a number. She got to play the role of a superhero in Eternals directed by Chloe Zhao. Salma spoke about her humbling experience of playing a superhero at this age.
Are
you sad about ageing? Then hold on! Salma Hayek has set the best example of how age is just a number. We have often seen many middle-aged actresses talking
about dearth of work. However, slowly things are changing. Salma Hayek
who is in her 50s got to play the role of a superhero in Eternals directed by
one and only Chloe Zhao.
In a virtual press conference, Salma spoke about her humbling experience of playing a superhero at this age.
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¡°It¡¯s
a really humbling experience because, you know, I dream big. I dream big and if
I hadn¡¯t I wouldn¡¯t have gotten here at all. In my big dreams, I wanted to be a
superhero, and I wanted to work with the best directors in the world and have
big blockbuster movies and also movies that are art, that are made from a very
deep place with great directors¡±.
She further added, ¡°And it didn¡¯t happen that much for me. So you fight for it in your 20s, in your 30s and in your 40s you go, ¡®Oh, s*** them, they don¡¯t get it, they missed out. I would have been great in the art films and I would have been a great superhero (but) they didn¡¯t see it. S*** them, we¡¯re gonna do something else. ¡®Let¡¯s have a baby!¡¯."
Now it is very humbling when in the middle of your 50s, a brilliant director gives you the opportunity to do both: do something that comes from a deep place, that is also a big blockbuster. I was wrong. Everything is possible. And it¡¯s a humbling sensation¡±, concluded the 55-year-old actress.