Through all the action-driven set pieces, Sonia wrestles with her desire to be a mother despite that she is facing menopause. Hayek stars in “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard” as Sonia Kincaid, a con artist who recruits Ryan Reynolds’ eponymous bodyguard to help her track down her husband (Samuel L. ‘Black Mirror’ Season 6 Trailer: Sci-Fi Anthology Series Returns with New Cast and Release Date Of course there were some things that they were like, ‘Really? Are you sure we should go in this direction? It’s an action comedy, is dealing with menopause something that people are going to find funny or interesting?’ But they listened.” “I was also extra lucky because I was included in the process of the second movie and I thought that was very generous, but also very smart, because the problem with action films is it’s mostly men who do them,” Hayek said. As the actress told the Irish Examiner, “The stigma that is maybe the slowest one to change is the discrimination of age.” Her role in the “Bodyguard” sequel is a chance to combat that. The action genre hardly makes space for middle-aged women in general, let alone menopausal women, which is why Hayek was adamant about taking her character in this direction. Salma Hayek was given creative freedom to shape her character for the upcoming ‘Hitman’s Bodyguard” sequel, officially titled “Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard,” so she made it her mission to play a middle-aged woman going through menopause.
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