Salma Hayek refused to act in the Monarch for fear of Covid

After being one of the most relevant Mexican actresses in Hollywood, Salma Hayek has also been very successful as a manufacturer as a company Ventanarosa, is behind series like Ugly Betty and more recently Monarch, which received extraordinary reviews and comments.

But, despite the recognition she received with the latter and being the number one fan of the series, the actress refused to participate in the second season due to pandemic problems, she said, also the fact that he does not feel safe in Mexico.

And the thing is that the woman from Veracruz would have received the formal invitation to be part of the cast of the second season, in addition to a spectacular salary; this to strengthen the success that the Monarch had in his first tranche, but the pandemic changed the Oscar nominee’s plans.

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Salma even received the libretto to imitate himSofia Carranza ‘, character to whom they eventually came to give it Fernanda Castillo, which took advantage of the opportunity to shine, because it had very good reviews.

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After the premiere of this new season and until now, it is not known if there will be a third tranche; Well, although history leaves open the possibility of a continuation, nothing has materialized. It should be noted that unlike the first chapters, where Salma was very involved; For these recordings, he had a remote communication because he feared that Covid-19 would complicate the recordings, but everything happened without major failures.

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