RODRIGUEZ SHOT SHORT WITH HAYEK TO HELP HER LAND HOLLYWOOD BREAK

Last updated: Thursday, July 9, 2009

RODRIGUEZ SHOT SHORT WITH HAYEK TO HELP HER LAND HOLLYWOOD BREAK

Moviemaker ROBERT RODRIGUEZ had to shoot a short film with SALMA HAYEK before he could convince studio bosses to hire the Mexican actress for DESPERADO - because they weren't sure her English was good enough for Hollywood.

Salma Hayek in a scene from 'Once Upon a Time in Mexico'

The film gave the sexy star her big break and became her first English-language movie - and she had Rodriguez to thank for going out of his way to land her the part as Antonio Banderas' sidekick.

The director tells Latina magazine, "I was a big fan from the beginning. I gave her her first English major film role in Desperado. But before I could, I had to shoot a cable movie with her, called Roadracers, so I could show the studios that she could act in English and be great.

"I had to stick to my guns by saying, 'We have to hire a Latino, not just put brown face on someone.'"

Source: WENN

| Thursday, July 9, 2009

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RODRIGUEZ SHOT SHORT WITH HAYEK TO HELP HER LAND HOLLYWOOD BREAK

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