The Other Bodyguard 2 is the second part of the original action comedy, starring Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson. The film had a great reception in theaters, considering its small budget ( 30 million dollars ). This continuation has been joined by other great superstars such as Morgan Freeman, the villain Antonio Banderas and the ex-wife of Jackson’s character, Salma Hayek. The latter has given an interview to the Chicago Tribune in which she has spoken, among other things, about the freedom she has had in creating her character, a menopausal woman. But also of how difficult it is to find action films in which middle-aged women appear.
“The stigma that is perhaps the slowest to change is age discrimination ,” Hayek said when asked about his character. The Mexican woman proposed to be the character of a menopausal woman in The Other Bodyguard 2 and for this she had total freedom, opening up a very great opportunity to change that discriminatory prejudice: “I was very lucky because they included me in the process of the second film and I thought that he was very generous, but also very intelligent, because the problem with action films is that they are mainly made by men ”.
However, the actress who will be part of Marvel’s Eternals pointed out that although they left the essential part of the creation to her, the male members of the team often doubted with phrases such as “really? “,” Are you sure we should go in this direction? “,” This is an action comedy, is dealing with menopause something that people are going to find funny or interesting? “ .
At first, Salma Hayek thought about turning down the role . It was thanks to Ryan Reynolds that Hayek accepted because he promised him total freedom to create the character. In the film she plays Sonia Kincaid , a con artist who recruits the bodyguard to track down Samuel L. Jackson.
“I think we managed to make a character who, although she is an action character, is still a woman”, sentenced the actress to what finally added the main rule to keep “It was important for me that we do not change her age. In action movies, men can get old, but this is one of the few times you see a middle-aged woman as the lead in an action movie. ” From today we can see Salma Hayek as a menopausal woman in an action film from now on, because today the film has been released in Spain.
