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Iconic actress Salma Hayek once starred alongsideThe Batmanactor Colin Farrell back in 2006 in the film titledAsk the Dust.With the genre of the film being a romance/drama, there were bound to be some intimate and steamy scenes throughout the movie.
Well, Hayek and Farrell had their fair share of experience shooting intimate scenes but in this film, it was something different. Shooting in harsh environmental conditions with extreme weather, Hayek was left freezing in the cold!
When Salma Hayek Was Left Freezing In The Cold
Intimate scenes have a tendency to be beautiful if shot correctly. Director Robert Towne knew what he was doing when he shot a beautiful scene inAsk the Dust.Starring in the lead roles, Salma Hayek and Colin Farrell had to shoot an intimate scene but the weather conditions weren’t so comfortable.
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In a 2006 interview withRadio Free, The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguardactress revealed that while shooting that scene, she got a little bit of hypothermia. Talking about the conditions of the scene, Hayek revealed that she drank a special drink to help keep her warm but it didn’t help much, and how she was trying to act comfortable but she wasn’t.
“It was freezing. [It was] freezing, unbearable, cold. And I got a little bit of hypothermia. They were really careful. We had to take special drinks that would keep our body heated. I mean, we had to prepare physically to do the scene because it was so cold…I act comfortable, but I was not. And as a matter of fact, I was really nervous because this is not the one scene that I wanted to do, you know, and it was cold”.
Being uncomfortable meant that the scene couldn’t be shot the way they wanted it to be. Colin Farrell had a brilliant idea to uplift the mood ofSalma Hayekand it did work. The catch was that Farrell had to get completely naked for that idea.
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Colin Farrell Tried To Cheer Up Salma Hayek
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After Hayek was irritated at the cast and the crew for making her go through the scene, Colin Farrell had a really fun idea on how to cheer her up. TheEternalsactress revealed in her interview withRadio Freethat Farrell stripped completely naked to make her laugh.
“So at one point, Colin came, started making jokes, and [I said], ‘I’m not in the mood right now! I’m really upset about this!’ I’m barking. Out he [Colin Farrell] comes, butt-naked from the jumping and doing ballet dance.”
She further continued,
“And I started laughing…It was the most ridiculous thing. Everybody started laughing. And he did it to relax me, because I was really tense”.
Ask the Dustreceived a rating of 5.7/10 on IMDB and a low of 35% on Rotten Tomatoes. The 2006 film is available to rent on Apple TV+ in the U.S.
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
