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‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ Star Salma Hayek Recalls Intense Racism She Experienced Early in Her Career — ‘You Were Born on the Wrong Side of the Border’

Even though Salma Hayek’s experienced sustained success in recent years, her road to the top has not been easy. As a Mexican-American woman actor, she’s faced a ton of discrimination within the movie business and had to fight for every opportunity she’s gotten. In fact, much earlier in her career, Hayek was told by studio executives that she was “born on the wrong side of the border,” and informed that she’d never be able to get a role that didn’t portray her as a maid or a drug dealer’s love interest.
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Why Anna Wintour Completely Redecorated Her ‘Vogue’ Office After ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Came Out

Even though the Devil Wears Prada production team never explicitly states that the movie is based on Anna Wintour, there are many clues that make it clear where the inspiration came from. In fact, the office that Streep’s character, Miranda Priestly, works in was decorated to look exactly like Wintour’s. When The Devil Wears Prada was released back in 2006, Miranda’s office so much like Wintours that she had her entire office redecorated.