En: April 9th, 2007 Salma Hayek Gets MGM Backing
“Salma Hayek wins MGM” backing for Latin-themed films
Mexican actress and producer Salma Hayek and MGM said on Monday they agreed to form a film company specializing in [Latino Movies] appealing to wider, mainstream audiences.
Salma Hayek plans to make or acquire independent movies, and hopes to distribute two to four films a year that draw on Latin themes, feature Latino or Latinas.
Mas: Gossip
Hayek said: “I have had my struggles. I am five foot, two inches and in Mexico it was important to be tall. I grew up in a world where beauty not only meant being tall, fair complexion and blue eyes were equally important.”
“And I’m dark, have brown eyes and brown hair and I’m short. People used to say that the short thing was a deformity. I was really upset about my height