In the '90s, Salma Hayek Pinault made a move that took "a lot of balls," as she puts it.
Speaking to Marie Claire for the cover story for our March Craftsmanship issue, the actress and producer reveals that she arrived on the set of 1997 rom-com Fools Rush In with 10 pages of notes.
First, she wasn't happy with the script: "it wasn’t funny or emotional," she explains.
Second, she felt her character needed a lot of work. When she shared that sentiment, though, she was met with reactions along the lines of "who do you think you are" and "how dare you," she says.
But Hayek Pinault knew she had to speak up. "The studio, the producers, the director and Matthew are all white men," she says, referring to her costar, the late Matthew Perry. "This character is a Mexican woman. Right now, I’m the only one that has the insight into what it’s like to be a Mexican woman. I’m sorry, you guys have no clue."
(Image credit: Claire Rothstein)
In life as in film, Hayek Pinault knows what she wants, and goes after it. "I’m one stubborn son of a bitch," she says. "I know what’s going to work. So, I go, and I go, until I find someone that finally sees it too."
It's that attitude that helped her get Ugly Betty off the ground and on the air in the States. "Nobody wanted it. Nobody thinks it’s going to work," she says.
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Hayek Pinault, who executive-produced the TV series and appeared on a few episodes, was more than vindicated for pushing for its creation: 16 million people ended up watching the show's 2006 premiere.
(Image credit: Claire Rothstein)
These days, the star is working on a ton of different projects as a producer, a writer, and/or a director, both for TV and cinema. No slowing down in sight, luckily for us.
