“She knew I was the right actress.
I didn’t even know I was the right actress at the moment.”
Salma Hayek Pinaultdidnt know if she was meant to star inWithout Blood but directorAngelina Joliedid.
Angelina Jolie and Salma Hayek.Getty(2)
I didnt want to do the movie.
I didnt want to be Nina, Pinault said.
I didnt want to go to the places that shes been, emotionally.
So I told Angie, I don’t want to do this woman.
I don’t want to.
It’s too painful.
I don’t want to go suffer for weeks and weeks.
It follows a woman embroiled in a years-long plot of subtle revenge for her family’s horrific murder.
And there’s nowhere to hide.
There’s not a lot of action happening.
If for one second you are not there, it is going to be very clear.
So what exactly made Hayek change her mind?
Processing what made her hesitate in the first place.
I think all of us women can identify some of our trauma to it.
Being paralyzed by having your power taken away from a really young age.
She added, So I understood the importance of this character beyond the circumstances of the movie.
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As for Jolies role as a director, Hayek showered her in high praise.
I’ve never felt so valued.
She knew I was the right actress.
I didn’t even know I was the right actress at the moment.
