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Salma Hayekis gearing up to star in Marvel’s latest superhero movie,Eternals, but she admitted she didn’t originally envision herself in the role.
“I was shocked to get that role in my 50s,” Hayek said. “I felt a sense of gratitude and excitement, not only for this but for what it meant about the possibilities for the future.”
Oscar winner Zhao toldAARPthat Hayek is a great fit for the role of Ajak, whom she described as “the leader,” adding, “She is full of wisdom and very perceptive — a mother figure to all the Eternals.”
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While Marvel fans will have to wait until Nov. 5 to see Hayek bring Ajak to life on the big screen, the actress spilled a few details about her character toTotal FilmMagazine, viaScreenRant.
“Chloé decided to tackle the concept of leadership from the perspective of motherhood,” she said, adding, “I’m not a mother. I’m an alien. I can’t have kids.
“However, my character used to be a man in the comics, now it’s a woman,” Hayek said. “So instead of just changing the gender, I proposed to [Zhao] to really bring something that is very specific to womanhood.”
Hayek, who celebrated her 55th birthday earlier this month, opened up toAARPabout her perspective on aging, telling the magazine, “Growing old, to me, has to do with repetition.”
“Something gets old when you’ve done it for a long time,” she said, before adding, “If you’re always changing, if you’re always curious, how can you be old? You’re someone new today.”
Hayek marked her birthday this year with atropical getaway, where she posted a photo of herself onInstagramwith the caption, “Happy 55th birthday to me 💃🏻 looking forward to new adventures #grateful.” Hayek alsohad some help celebratingthis year from herEternalsco-starAngelina Jolie.
TheHitman’s Wife’s Bodyguardstar previously opened up about aging in Hollywood during a conversation on Jada Pinkett Smith’s seriesRed Table Talk.
“There’s no expiration dates for women. That has to go,” she said during a June episode of the talk show. “Because you can kick ass at any age. You can hold your own at any age, you can dream at any age, you can be romantic at [any] age.”
source: people.com
