The Mexican actress confessed that when she was characterized for the first time as Ajak, a character she plays in the film ‘Eternals’, she could not contain the tears of emotion to give life to such a character.
During the interview she gave to the program Despierta América , the Mexican actress was very moved at the moment that she recalled her humble origins and what it means to wear the attire of a superhero, which is regularly played by American actresses or actors.
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“I was very nervous because I have claustrophobia, and when I feel very tight and there are no windows … I need to breathe! I want to throw everything away and I was very afraid of the suit, but I did not tell them because I did not want them to come, I did not know If I was going to hold on like that with that tight and you can’t move, and when I put it on I started crying, not like a soap opera, but I started crying, the tears came to me and I said ‘what happened here?’, and the image gave me something, and I said ‘why?’… I saw my brown face!… I saw my brown face in the hero costume and when I saw my face I saw your face, I saw my girl’s face, which had to having so much courage to dream big, I saw the rod of all the girls … it was something that, and I realized that a door had been opened, where I did not enter alone,but inside that door were all the Latinos who have waited so long for this moment … Oh, how ridiculous! … I saw the dark face of the Virgin of Guadalupe, no! … everything came to me “, said the artist 55 years.
In the same way, Salma revealed that when she received the invitation for this project, she did not think that she would have such an important participation, because she believed that she was only considered for a supporting role due to her Latin origin.
“I really thought that I was going to get out of a human and small role and the truth was that I felt like ‘oh, of course! Nanny of the son who is going to save the world and bring him to the market, ‘and I said’ we’ll see ‘, “she said.
Finally, the Mexican declared that she was totally impressed and delighted with the proposal she received for this film.
“When I had the interview, I am a Chloé fan at least if I was intrigued by the director, but I did not trust those of Marvel I was very suspicious … they have never called me, I think I was 52 years old when the call came, and she puts on Chloé with her braids and says ‘I want you to be in my movie, I’ve never thought of another person to make the character and I’ aha… what character? ‘… (she says)’ Well, you’re one of the Eternals’, and I ‘sorry? … of the superheroes? … I’m a superhero?’ it was like that (shocked), “she said.