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  • Salma Hayek joins cast of Ridley Scott’s ‘House of Gucci’

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Salma Hayek is the latest A-lister in the cast of veteran filmmaker Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci”.

    The much-awaited movie will feature pop star Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani, the ex-wife of Guccio Gucci’s grandson Maurizio Gucci (to be played by Adam Driver).

    Reggiani was abandoned after 12 years of marriage by Maurizio Gucci in 1985 for a younger woman.

    She was tried and convicted of orchestrating her ex-husband’s assassination on the steps of his office in Italy in 1995.

    She got the nickname the Black Widow during the trial and served 18 years before being released from prison in 2016.

    Hayek will essay the role of Pina Auriemma, who was a clairvoyant friend of Reggiani, reported Deadline.

    She joins the cast which also includes Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto and Jack Huston.

    “So happy to have my good buddy Salma join our wonderful cast.

    I’ve been talking with her about this Gucci project for 20 years.

    Now it’s happening and she is a part of it.

    Rid and I are thrilled,” producer Giannina Scott said.

    The MGM film has script by writer Roberto Bentivegna.

    It will be produced by Ridley and Giannina Scott’s Scott Free Productions banner.

    Hayek most recently featured in Amazon movie “Bliss” and will next be seen in Lionsgate’s “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard”.

    She will also star in Marvel Studios’ upcoming tentpole “The Eternals”.

  • Salma Hayek addresses Hilaria Baldwin’s heritage scandal: ‘I don’t blame her’

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: American-Mexican actor Salma Hayek recently spoke out regarding Hilaria Baldwin’s heritage scandal.

    According to Fox News, the yoga guru and wife of Alec Baldwin was criticised after it was recently discovered she was not actually born in Spain — as she had implied — and instead was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts.

    Now, Hayek, who guest-starred in ’30 Rock’ alongside Alec, has opened up about Hilaria’s heritage during a recent appearance on Radio Andy.

    On Monday, when the show host Andy Cohen asked if she had been keeping up with the scandal, Hayek replied, “Oh my God, that is crazy. All of my friends ask me, ‘Did you hear about this? Oh my God, she lied!’ We all lie a little bit.”

    Fox News quoted to Biography.com as saying that Hayek’s mother’s side is Spanish while her father is Lebanese. She was born in Mexico, but was living in the US by age 12 before relocating to Mexico for a time.

    “[Hilaria] makes my friend [Alec] happy. She feels me because she’s such a good mother,” the ‘Fools Rush In’ star confessed during the radio interview.

    “She has five [kids] and you know, I don’t care. I’m sorry, I don’t mean to betray or hurt anybody’s feelings and I don’t know if it’s right or if it’s wrong. I’m not going to judge somebody just because of that one thing.”

    Furthermore, Hayek said she feels “honoured” that someone would want their “alter ego” to be “similar” to her own roots.

    The ‘Bandidas’ star further added, “It makes me feel proud that people are inspired because, you know, I am Mexican, Lebanese, but my grandparents, my ancestors on my mother’s side are Spanish.I think she’s smart to want to be Spanish. We’re cool.”

    The star stressed that the story of Baldwin’s heritage was “bizarre”, but suggested that everyone creates “their own character in life.”

    “She’s not a bad person, a good person, a good mother and a good wife. She makes my friend happy. She’s very kind to me and that’s all I care about,” said Hayek.

    She concluded: “Spanish people are cool. I don’t blame her for choosing that.” 

  • Salma Hayek promises age-defying stunts in her next ‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’

    By Express News Service
    At 54, Hollywood star Salma Hayek says she has pulled off the best stunts of her career in her upcoming film. The actor teased her upcoming action avatar in The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard through an Instagram post.

    “Never let anyone tell you you are too old. Get ready for this summer where at 54 I get to pull some of my best stunts ever,” she wrote along with a still of the upcoming film. Hayek will feature alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds in the film, which is a sequel of the 2017 film, The Hitman’s Bodyguard.

    It is directed by Patrick Hughes. In the image, Hayek, Jackson, and Reynolds are seen sitting on chairs, ready to face the villain, played by Antonio Banderas. The film also features Morgan Freeman, Frank Grillo, and Richard E. Grant.

    The actor will also be seen in The Eternals. Directed by Chloe Zhao, the film also stars Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kit Harington, Gemma Chan, and Kumail Nanjiani. It is about the super-powered beings, The Celestials, and their villainous adversaries, The Deviants, in a war set millions of years ago.