Salma Hayek: I Was Shocked When Offered 'Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard'

Los Angeles, May 21, 2021: Hollywood actress, Salma Hayek said that she was shocked when director Patrick Hughes asked her to reprise her role of Sonia Kincaid in the upcoming American action-comedy "Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard" - a sequel to the 2017 hit "The Hit Man's Bodyguard".

"Quite frankly, I was shocked", she said adding that she has been in many films where she got the call from people who loved her characters.



Salman is in the film along with Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Antonio Banderas, and Morgan Freeman in prominant roles. She is happy that director Patrick Hughes listened to what the audience wanted in the sequel.

"For the first time, there was a director that said, 'I'm gonna listen to the audience'. But I didn't trust him. In the beginning, I said, 'oh, he's just exaggerating. He's just being nice'", she said.

"But then when we started talking about it, he told me the storyline, and then I realized, 'oh, my God, this guy is not for real, but he also wants me involved in the process'", she added.

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard is currently in the post-production stage. It is set to be released in the United States on June 16, 2021, by Lionsgate, after being delayed before to August 20, 2021, from an original release date of August 28, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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