Salma Hayek recalls sobbing while filming ‘Desperado’ scene with Antonio Banderas
Desperado.The actress recalled feeling caught off guard when shooting her breakout film role as Carolina in Robert Rodriguez’s 1995 film, as the scene was not mentioned in the script.Hayek told the Armchair Expert podcast that she agreed to do the scene with Antonio Banderas on a closed set as Rodriguez was her “bro” and producer Elizabeth Avellán was her “best friend” at the time.“So, when we were going to start shooting, I started to sob,” Hayek explained, also adding that she kept saying to the others: “I don’t know that I can do it. I’m afraid.”She added: “One of the things I was afraid of was Antonio — he was an absolute gentleman and so nice, and we’re still super close friends — but he was very free.