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                                                                                     PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 10 June 2017

              For Hayek, ‘Beatriz at Dinner’ gives voice to immigrants




            LINDSEY BAHR                 divide  at  this  dinner  table.
             AP Film Writer              It’s  now  playing  in  limited
            LOS  ANGELES  (AP)  —  The  release.
            culture clash drama “Beat-   Although  Donald  Trump
            riz at Dinner” wasn’t written  wasn’t president when the
            about  Donald  Trump,  but  script  was  conceived,  he
            Salma  Hayek  understands  was  emerging  on  the  na-
            why you might think it was.  tional stage. White wrote it
            In  the  film,  Hayek  plays  a  in the summer of 2015.
            Mexican  healer  who  finds  “It  was  an  amalgamation
            herself  at  an  intimate  din-  of things that were frustrat-
            ner party with her wealthy  ing  (White).  It  was  around
            clients  and  their  wealthier  the  time  when  the  den-
            friends — including a ruth-  tist killed that lion in Africa
            less  real  estate  developer  and  the  same  time  that
            played  by  John  Lithgow.  Donald  Trump  decided  to
            They  clash  over  the  envi-  run  and  said  those  awful
            ronment, hunting, immigra-   things  about  Mexicans,”
            tion,  money,  greed  —  first  said director Miguel Arteta.
            politely, and then not so.   “It was born from the idea
            “Remember,      this   script  of being at a dinner party
            was written before Trump,”  where  somebody  was  go-
            Hayek  said  recently.  “But  ing  to  say,  ‘I’m  going  to   Chloe Sevigny, from left, Salma Hayek, John Lithgow and Connie Britton attend a “Beatriz at Din-
            the genius of (screenwriter)  go kill a rare animal.’ How   ner” screening, hosted by The Cinema Society and Gucci, at Metrograph on Tuesday, June 6,
            Mike White is that in his as-  would I handle that?”      2017, in New York.
            tute observation of human-   That Trump went from can-                                                                          Associated Press
            ity,  he  borders  on  fortune  didate  to  commander  in
            teller.”  When  the  film  pre-  chief  by  the  time  the  film   they  do,  even  the  people  came  up  with  the  idea.  a whole. And she has all of
            miered  at  the  Sundance  was  finished  and  happens    who are abusing power.”      They went straight to Hayek  that in droves.”
            Film  Festival  in  January,  to  embody  some  of  the   Arteta,  who  is  from  Puerto  with it.                  Hayek  was  excited  about
            amid  the  Women’s  March  qualities  of  the  main  an-  Rico,  wanted  to  represent  “Salma’s  personality  is  so  her character and how un-
            and  the  Inauguration,  no  tagonist is, Arteta thinks, “a   the feeling of being an out-  perfect for portraying what  concerned  she  is  with  the
            headline  could  resist  the  sign of the times,” although   sider, or an immigrant, em-  it’s like to be an immigrant.  class  divide  (while  every-
            Trump-ian  comparison,  ei-  he and White did want to     bodied  in  Beatriz.  He  and  She has a huge heart, she’s  one else at the dinner table
            ther  in  direct  reference  to  make sure to give all char-  Hayek  had  been  trying  to  extremely  intelligent  and  ranges  from  falsely  ingrati-
            Lithgow’s  Doug  Strutt,  a  acters a fair voice.         work  together  for  years,  hardworking and she is not  ating to downright rude).
            bullish  capitalist  who  mis-  “(Lithgow’s)  character  re-  which  is  something  White  afraid  to  tell  the  truth.  Her  “She’s  really  trying  to  look
            takes  Beatriz  for  the  help  ally  believes  in  what  he’s   (who has collaborated with  personality really matched  at them and figure out who
            and then doubles down on  doing,”  Arteta  said.  “The    Arteta on “Chuck & Buck,”  Beatriz,”  Arteta  said.  “We  they  are.  And  they’re  not
            the  insults,  or  just  the  gen-  tragedy  in  life  is  everyone   ‘’The  Good  Girl”  and  “En-  are hardworking, smart and  interested  in  seeing  her,”
            eral  tone  of  unease  and  has good reasons for what    lightened”) knew when he  compassionate  people  as  said Hayek. q

                  Kate Mara strived to get it right as Marine, dog lover



            BROOKE LEFFERTS              they  will,  but  then  they’ll                           the  past  three  years  I’ve  “They’re doing really well.”
             Associated Press            do some genius little move-                               worked with more females  Mara  recently  got  en-
            NEW  YORK  (AP)  —  One  ment or sound or whatever                                     than I ever have in my en-   gaged  to  “Billy  Elliot”  ac-
            of  the  best  things  for  Kate  that  will  make  the  scene                         tire  career,  and  that’s  di-  tor Jamie Bell, but she was
            Mara about starring in “Me-  that much better.”                                        rectors  but  also  actors,”  tightlipped about her nup-
            gan  Leavey”  was  Varco  Mara,  an  animal  activist                                  Mara said. “And we had so  tials.
            the dog.                     who has worked with both                                  many females on our crew  “I’m definitely not very girlie
            Varco is the Rex to Mara’s  Oceana and the Humane                                      as well, so I definitely think  about it all. I’m just, like, I’ll
            Leavey in the true story of  Society,  also  had  the  rare                            that’s changing. I think it’s  show up. My fiance is much
            a  young  Marine  corporal  treat of being directed by                                 slower  than  we’d  all  like  more  specific  and  much
            and  her  fight  to  bring  her  a  woman,  Gabriela  Cow-                             but it makes me so happy  more  opinionated  than  I
            combat  dog  home  after  perthwaite.  She  had  also                                  that  something  like  ‘Won-  am so it’s nice. I just sort of
            service in Iraq.             directed  the  orca-abuse                                 der  Woman’  is  actually  let him do it.”
            “He and I trained together,  film  “Blackfish.”  In  fact,                             proving that fact. It’ll make  One of the wedding chal-
            so  by  the  time  we  started  Mara  said,  her  animal  ad-  This June 15, 2017 photo   it easier and easier to make  lenges:  She’s  vegan  and
                                                                      shows actress Kate Mara pos-
            shooting  we  were  very  vocacy blossomed due to         ing for a portrait to promote   more and more films.”     Bell’s not, “so you’ve got to
            comfortable  with  each  the SeaWorld film.               her film, “Megan Leavey” in   Mara’s not interested in di-  make everybody happy.”
            other,”  Mara  told  The  As-  “Animals really do teach us   New York.                 recting, but she has started  The film, which opened Fri-
            sociated  Press  in  a  recent  empathy  and  compassion              Associated Press  her  own  production  com-  day, covers raw territory for
            interview.  “I  loved  working  and so many other things,”                             pany.  “I  love  directors  so  veterans  coping  at  home
            with  a  dog.  They’re  unex-  she said.                  “I  instantly  felt  connected   much  and  I  like  it  when  with  post-combat  trauma.
            pected and constantly do-    It’s  that  bond  between  a   to  it  for  that  reason,”  she   they  tell  me  what  to  do,”  Mara  wanted  to  get  it
            ing  things  that  you’re  not  lost  human,  Leavey,  and   said of the film. She found   she said.                right, leaning on her previ-
            expecting  them  to  do.  If  a  scarred  bomb-sniffing   it refreshing to work with a   As for dogs, she has two of  ous role as the wife of a vet
            you  want  them  to  just  sort  dog, Rex, that plays out for   woman at the helm as well.  her own, both Boston terri-  in  the  2015  release  “Man
            of sit there during a scene  Mara.                        “I’ve  been  acting  since  I   ers. At 14 and 15, she said,  Down.”q
                                                                      was 14 and I would say in
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