Salma Hayek Pinault inFrom Dusk Till Dawn(1996).Photo: Miramax
Salma Hayek Pinaultis looking back on her iconic striptease scene.
The actress stars oppositeChanning TatuminMagic Mike’s Last Dance, her first entry and his third in the big-screen stripper franchise. Speaking with PEOPLE, Hayek Pinault, 56, points out that she and Tatum, 42, both had career-defining moments involving provocative dancing.
“Channing and I share one experience: We both did a dance that we didn’t think was going to be much — meFrom Dusk Till Dawnand him inMagic Mike— and it’s something that really changed our careers,” she says.
She’s introduced via a sultry striptease routine, one that has costars George Clooney, Harvey Keitel and Juliette Lewis looking on from the audience and a moment with Hayek Pinault’s foot literally in Tarantino’s mouth at one point. The show-stopping moment also saw the actress dancing with a large snake slithering on her shoulders.
Salma Hayek Pinault inFrom Dusk Till Dawn(1996).Joyce Podell/Los Hooligans/A Band Apart/Kobal/Shutterstock
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Hayek Pinault, who earned a Best Actress Oscarnomination for 2002’sFrida, tells PEOPLE she related to herMagic Mike’s Last Dancecharacter and her struggle she sees as all too common.
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“You have your ups and downs and you just got to… It’s okay to have your downs,” she continues. “Then you got to push through again and find the strength to believe in yourself and to go for the things that will make you happy.”
Magic Mike’s Last Danceis in theaters Feb. 10.
source: people.com
