Salma Hayek in ‘Black Mirror’.Photo:Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection
Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection
Salma Hayekadmits she was spooked about starring in thenew seasonofBlack Mirror.
Hayek, 56, spoke withRadio Timesabout being nervous — yet excited — to play herself in the creepy dystopian drama. She has even called the gig “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
“I got to explore the concepts and clichés people have about me and be self-deprecating,” theFridastar said, perIndependent. “It’s as if I created an alter ego where I could do the most disgusting, grotesque things that you would never do in real life … and have permission to do that.”
Ben Barnes and Salma Hayek in ‘Black Mirror’.Ana Blumenkron /Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection
Ana Blumenkron /Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection
Teasing the episode further, Hayek added: “There are so many moments that shocked me in the script. There is one huge one that I had to come to terms with, and made me ask myself, ‘Do I really want to do this? Am I going to get in trouble?'”
Michael Cera,Rob DelaneyandBen Barnesalso star in the episode.
AfterBlack Mirror’s big return wasannouncedin April, series creator Charlie Brooker toldTudom.comhow he plans tokeep “surprising” viewersin its sixth season.
Brooker added, “Consequently, this time, alongside some of the more familiarBlack Mirrortropes we’ve also got a few new elements to stretch the parameters of what ‘aBlack Mirrorepisode’ even is.”
And while season 6 — which, in addition to Hayek, featuresJosh Hartnett,Kate Mara,Zazie BeetzandRory Culkin— will keep the same tone from previous seasons, Brooker promised there will be “some crazy swings and more variety than ever before.”
“Bringing it all to life we’ve got an incredible roster of disgustingly skilful, smart directors working with a cast of actors so talented they frankly have no right to exist,” he added. “I can’t wait for people to binge their way through it all and hope they enjoy it — especially the bits they shouldn’t.”
Black Mirrormade its debut on Netflix in 2016 after its first two seasons premiered onChannel 4in the U.K. Under Netflix, it’s gone on to air three additional seasons plus an interactive special.
The series explores a “twisted, high-tech near-future where humanity’s greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide,” according to Netflix’sofficial website.
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Season 6 ofBlack Mirrorpremieres June 15 on Netflix.
source: people.com
