In it, she plays Carolina, a young woman who runs a bookstore cafe in a town where no one reads. Her costar, Antonio Banderas, plays El Mariachi, a revenge-seeking musician who stores guns in his guitar case. The decision to move up north for a career in Hollywood, she said, made her the laughing stock of the media in her native country. In the U. Only she, Banderas and the two producers were present for filming, which had to be done in fits and starts because Hayek cried throughout the process. Are they going to get teased? During the film screening, the actress escorted them out of the theater for the duration of the scene.

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Entertainment Editor. It was demanded by the studio when they saw the chemistry. A post shared by Salma Hayek Pinault salmahayek. But we got through it. We did the best with what we could do at the time. The towel detail in particular recalls a revelation from Emilia Clarke on this same podcast, describing her experience on the Game of Thrones set shooting naked scenes as Daenerys Targaryen. Yes, Emilia! Please note that if you purchase something by clicking on a link within this story, we may receive a small commission of the sale.
Hollywood star Salma Hayek has detailed about her experience shooting the sex scene in the film Desperado, directed by Robert Rodriguez and also starring Antonio Banderas. Mexico-born American Hayek broke out from the action movie in which she played the role of Carolina, a tough book cafe owner who teams up with Banderas' El Mariachi seeking revenge on the drug lord who killed his lover. Hayek, who has previously spoken about how she struggled with the very graphic sex scene, on Monday cleared the air that her trauma had nothing to do with Rodriguez or Banderas. On Armchair Expert, the popular weekly podcast hosted by Dax Shepard and Monica Padman, the year-old actor said when she landed the role, there was no mention of a sex scene between her character, Carolina and El Mariachi Banderas in the script. It was brought to her attention after production began. The Oscar-nominated actor said she agreed to do the scene on a closed set as Rodriguez was her "bro" and his then-wife, producer Elizabeth Avellan, was her "best friend". I'm afraid. She said one of the things she was afraid of was Banderas, now her close friend and frequent collaborator.
Sex scenes are no doubt one of the more difficult parts of filming as an actor. Salma Hayek recently shared a not-so-glamorous behind the scenes story about filming the famous sex scene for 's Desperado opposite Antonio Banderas, and why she was afraid to do it. In a recent podcast appearance, Salma Hayek revealed, years later, why she was so afraid to film the Desperado scene and how she felt embarrassed by the whole situation. It was so early in her career. She noted:. The wife of Robert Rodriguez at the time became my best friend. She was a producer. Robert Rodriguez can do everything on a film set… he was like my bro.