Salma Hayek is among the stars appearing in the new season of “Black Mirror”, the acclaimed Netflix anthology series that takes a “Twilight Zone”-style approach to the more dystopian aspects of technology’s impact on society.
Speaking with Britain’s Radio Times (as reported by The Independent), Hayek expressed her excitement at taking on a role that’s markedly different from what fans are used to seeing her do on the big screen.
In the episode — titled “Joan is Awful” —”Schitt’s Creek” alum Annie Murphy stars as a woman who discovers that her life has been turned into a TV show on a Netflix-like streaming service, with Salma Hayek playing her. READ MORE: ‘Black Mirror’ Season 6: This Is When You Meet Salma Hayek And Other Stars Of The Netflix Show According to Hayek, the role represented “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play an interpretation of myself.” “I got to explore the concepts and clichés people have about me and be self-deprecating,” she told Radio Times. “It’s as if I created an alter ego where I could do the most disgusting, grotesque things that you would never do in real life… and have permission to do that,” she continued. READ MORE: ‘Black Mirror’ Is Back With Chilling Season 6 Trailer Featuring Salma Hayek and Aaron Paul “There are so many moments that shocked me in the script.
There is one huge one that I had to come to terms with, and made me ask myself, ‘Do I really want to do this? Am I going to get in trouble?’” she added.
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