- Salma Hayek received a star on Friday’s Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- She recalls being chased by a man along Hollywood Boulevard in the 1990s.
- Hayek claimed that years later, Hayek was honored with a star on Hollywood Boulevard’s Walk of Fame. “healing.”
Salma Hayek remembers being chased by an unidentified man in the early 1990s on Hollywood Boulevard.
The “Eternals”Actress wasThe 2,709th star was awarded by the Hollywood Walk of Fame at TCL Chinese Theatreon Friday in a ceremony attended by director Chloé Zhao, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, comedian Adam Sandler, and a crowd of fans.
Hayek, 55 years old, gave a speech about her long career in entertainment.
“I want to say that I’m very moved by tonight. It is —of course — a great honor, but also, for me, this night is very healing,”Hayek stated. “I’m going to tell you a horror story.”
Hayek claimed that Hayek arrived in America two years ago. “unsuccessfully”She wanted to begin her career in Los Angeles. A few of her friends from Mexico visited her and invited her to see Hollywood Boulevard.
As the group was strolling down the boulevard, a blizzard erupted. “poor man who was on the floor and was very messed up”Hayek says he called out to her. Hayek stated that the man ignored her, but that he eventually decided to follow the group.
“I kept walking and he took offense. He got up, took a knife out, and started coming after us. Especially after me, trying to stab me,”Hayek stated. “So I ran as fast as I could — nobody helped us.”
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She explained that she and her friends quickly ran into a store. There, they leapt over a counter and grabbed a product. “stick”Protection. Hayek stated that the man grabbed the stick, and they began to talk. “wrestling”Über den Artikel.
Hayek stated that two members of Hells Angels intervened to disarm the man and then helped the group to safety.
“Every time I thought about Hollywood Boulevard, this is what I remember,”Hayek stated. “The truth is that when I went home that night, I said, ‘What am I doing here? Nobody wants me. I mean, I almost got killed today.'”
Hayek shared with us instances of racism that she encountered while living in the United States.
“I remember the studio saying to me many times, ‘Why don’t you go back to the [Mexican] telenovelas? You’ll never find a job here.’ And of course this night, I almost got killed,”Hayek stated. “So I said, ‘Nobody wants me here. They want me in my country.'”
She continued: “But I stayed. I stayed. And I want to say to everybody that’s here, all my lovely fans: If you ask yourself what gave me the courage to stay, I say it was you because although they didn’t know me, here in Hollywood, the studios, all the Latins that are in the United States knew who I was. They understood that I came here with dreams like they did.”
Insider asked Salma Hayek for clarification but was not immediately re-embarked.
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Hayek, who was born in Mexico, initially starred in telenovelas like “Teresa” before she moved to the United States to pursue a career in Hollywood. Her first American role was opposite Antonio Banderas in the 1995 film “Desperado.”
She starred in movies like “From Dusk Til Dawn,” “Dogma,” “Wild Wild West.”Hayek received her first Oscar nomination in recognition of her work as Friday Kahlo, a Mexican painter. “Frida.”
She’s been in the same team as Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds recently. “Hitman’s Wife Bodyguard,”Ajak will also be appearing in Marvel’s comics. “Eternals.”