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From Robert Rodriguez’s muse to an Oscar nod for Frida, Salma
Hayek has blazed trails for Latino actors for three decades. Now
she’s back in Sally Potter’s dementia drama The Roads Not Taken
and Marvel’s upcoming Eternals. Total Film meets the Mexican-
American star forging a new path.
SALMA
HAYEK
AT SOME POINT IN YOUR
LIFE YOU SETTLE FOR DOING
THE RIGHT THING AND THE
BEST YOU CAN, INSTEAD OF
THINKING ABOUT WHAT
YOU DIDN’T GET
INTERVIEW JAMES MOTTRAM PORTRAIT MATT HOLYOAK
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