Salma Hayek was viciously attacked by a monkey when she filmed ‘Frida’.
The 53-year-old actress was left ”severely injured” when a spider monkey named Tyson lunged for her whereas she was taking pictures the film – by which she performed well-known Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, who had two of the primates as pets – in 2002.
Discussing a photograph shoot she did on the time, Salma – who posed with the monkey for the journal – defined to Vogue: ”This subsequent one is 2002 once I did ‘Frida’ and this was in Vogue and I used to be very proud to be a part of Vogue for the primary time in my life. This monkey, who was named Tyson, truly attacked me throughout the filming of Frida and I used to be actually severely injured.
”But I used to be courageous sufficient to let him come again and work once more within the film after which I nonetheless did a photograph shoot with him for Vogue afterward.
”I used to be actually hoping he would not go for my face.”
The ‘From Dusk until Dawn’ star later starred within the iconic journal after she was hand-picked by the Duchess of Sussex to look in her characteristic final 12 months.
She mentioned lately:”I could not discuss it and I did not. I felt very honoured once we did this picture shoot. No one else knew what it was for. Only me and the photographer, Peter Lindbergh, knew. All the ladies have been getting their image taken for the quilt and so they did not know that Meghan was how they acquired there.”
And when Vogue’s editor Edward Enninful referred to as her with the duchess – who was often known as Meghan Markle earlier than she married Prince Harry – Salma thought she was being pranked.
Recalling what occurred, she mentioned: ”I used to be within the automobile and [Enninful] mentioned, ‘Listen, I’m going to place any person on the cellphone. Are you within the automobile with individuals?’ I mentioned ‘Yes.’ He instructed me, ‘You can not say the identify of the individual I’m calling.’ Frankly, I assumed it was a joke. And we’re additionally excellent buddies with Naomi Campbell. And I assumed, they’re pulling my leg or one thing, you recognize? But then it took some time for the opposite individual to get on the cellphone. Then she acquired on the cellphone and launched herself.
”She defined her ardour for girls and what’s taking place at present. And then she mentioned she’s doing this with British Vogue. [She said] ‘I’m [doing the cover], I’m not going to be on the quilt, I’m placing my favorite girls on the quilt. And you are positively certainly one of them. You are one of many first ones.”’
