Salma Hayek is on the front lines of the sea change happening in Hollywood for women. Last year she stunned the world with her detailed accusations of how Harvey Weinstein bullied and sexually harassed her during the making of the 2002 Frida Kahlo biopic ?Frida,? a film which won her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. (Weinstein apologized for his ?boorish? behavior.)
A decade and a half later, the Film Independent Spirit Awards have recognized her with a new nomination, Best Female Lead, for her performance in ?Beatriz at Dinner.? In the film, Hayek plays an idealistic working-class masseuse exchanging barbed arguments with the one-percent (mainly played by John Lithgow) at an elegant dinner party in a Southern California mansion.
How are you feeling about the change in Hollywood and beyond?
I am feeling great. Not only because it?s about time. Because I see there is a new collective consciousness beginning to come out of this. Also because it gives me hope for many other subjects. We see that the change can happen. I?m very excited about it for women but not only for women. I am excited for humanity. Through us there will come many answers to many other subjects that have been not resolved.
