The Veracruz actress once again recalled the times she has suffered from racist comments by businessmen for being a Mexican in the United States
Lately Salma Hayek has revealed that when she arrived in the United States she had to face several discriminatory comments from the people she met on the streets, but this time she uncovered that racism has also been part of the artistic career her.
Salma Hayek's years in Hollywood cinema are being recognized with many more important projects such as House of Gucci and Eternals, but also with her recently unveiled star on the Walk of Fame. However, to reach this important point in her career, she has had to face negative comments for being a Mexican in the United States.
At the premiere of the film House of Gucci in London, the Veracruz native revealed that she has come to think that her success in Hollywood would have come more quickly if she had been born in the US, however, those thoughts come from the same executives with whom He has worked, because there is no shortage of people who point out that being born in Mexico was what did not allow him to be the top movie star in the neighboring country.
“Senior executives even told me. It's a bit insulting when they tell you: 'If you hadn't been born on the other side of the border you would have been the biggest star in this country.' But my name is not Latin, I am also Lebanese. Arab and Mexican is a combination that for the United States… But here we are, ”she revealed in an interview with El País.
That is why the actress thinks that she is finally being rewarded for everything she had to do and suffer to become an internationally recognized artist, but mainly in Mexico and Hollywood.
When Salma was asked if she considers her current roles more interesting than the ones she was given in her youth, she answered yes, but for several reasons. Hayek revealed that years ago it was almost impossible to succeed in cinema worldwide if you were Hispanic, so she had to work and never give up, fortunately, now society is more open and opportunities are emerging for new generations do not have to go through such a difficult path.
“Yes, (I'm getting more interesting roles), but thanks to all the work I did and everything I suffered. At first it was impossible for Hispanic actors to gain a foothold in Hollywood. Right now that world has changed, it is more open, and I have the reward for the pain I went through. I never gave up,” she noted.
The protagonist of They are like children added that everything she was when she debuted as a soap opera actress she still retains, she has only changed physically due to the years that have passed, but inside she continues to feel the same soul.
Salma also spoke about her complaint about what she lived with Harvey Weinstein, when he harassed her while they worked on the movie Frida, because her statements have been taken up from time to time to question her career.
The actress commented that currently she no longer wants to talk about what happened, not only because she thinks there is more to her than her bullying experience, but because her audience would be tired of always hearing the same question and answer.
"Oh no! I'm so bored. And I think people are too. Honestly, when they ask me about him, I lose a little respect for them because I say: 'Man, what a lack of imagination!' As if nothing had happened in my life in all this time. Can't you think of another question? We are all fed up. To something else, butterfly, ”she replied.
