Salma Hayek says it's 'healing' to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame decades after surviving a knife attack
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- Salma Hayek was awarded a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame on Friday.
- She recalled being confronted and chased by a person on Hollywood Boulevard within the early 1990s.
- Hayek stated receiving a star on Hollywood Boulevard's Stroll of Fame years later was "therapeutic."
Salma Hayek recalled being confronted and chased by a person with a knife on Hollywood Boulevard within the early 1990s.
The "Eternals" actress was awarded the 2,709th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at TCL Chinese Theatre on Friday in a ceremony attended by director Chloé Zhao, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, comic Adam Sandler, and a crowd of followers.
Close to the top of the occasion, Hayek, 55, took to the stage and gave a speech reflecting on her lengthy profession within the leisure business.
"I need to say that I'm very moved by tonight. It's —in fact — an excellent honor, but in addition, for me, this night time could be very therapeutic," Hayek stated. "I'm going to inform you a horror story."
Hayek stated that about two years after she arrived in the USA and "unsuccessfully" tried to start out her profession in Los Angeles, a number of of her pals visited from Mexico and requested to go to Hollywood Boulevard.
The group was strolling down the boulevard when a "poor man who was on the ground and was very tousled" referred to as out to her, based on Hayek. She selected to disregard the person, however Hayek stated he determined to comply with the group.
"I stored strolling and he took offense. He obtained up, took a knife out, and began coming after us. Particularly after me, making an attempt to stab me," Hayek stated. "So I ran as quick as I might — no one helped us."
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She continued that she and her pals quickly ran right into a retailer, the place they jumped over a counter and she or he grabbed a "stick" for cover. Hayek stated the person then grabbed the stick they usually started "wrestling" over the merchandise.
Thankfully, Hayek stated that two members from Hells Angels ultimately intervened and disarmed the person earlier than serving to the group to security.
"Each time I considered Hollywood Boulevard, that is what I keep in mind," Hayek stated. "The reality is that once I went residence that night time, I stated, 'What am I doing right here? No one needs me. I imply, I virtually acquired killed at this time.'"
Hayek then advised situations of racism she skilled whereas in america.
"I keep in mind the studio saying to me many occasions, 'Why don't you return to the [Mexican] telenovelas? You'll by no means discover a job right here.' And naturally this night time, I virtually obtained killed," Hayek stated. "So I stated, 'No one needs me right here. They need me in my nation.'"
She continued: "However I stayed. I stayed. And I need to say to everyone that's right here, all my pretty followers: In case you ask your self what gave me the braveness to remain, I say it was you as a result of though they didn't know me, right here in Hollywood, the studios, all of the Latins which are in the USA knew who I used to be. They understood that I got here right here with goals like they did."
Representatives for Salma Hayek didn't instantly reply to Insider's request for remark.
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Hayek, who was born in Mexico, initially starred in telenovelas like "Teresa" earlier than she moved to the USA to pursue a profession in Hollywood. Her first American role was reverse Antonio Banderas within the 1995 movie "Desperado."
She later starred in movies like "From Nightfall Til Daybreak," "Dogma," and "Wild Wild West." Hayek secured her first Oscar nomination for her work as Mexican painter Friday Kahlo in "Frida."
Just lately, she's began alongside Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson in "Hitman's Wife Bodyguard," in addition to enjoying the character Ajak in Marvel's "Eternals."
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