Matthew Perry wasn't a fan of Salma Hayek's "long-winded" acting suggestions
Matthew Perry wasn't the biggest fan of Salma Hayek's acting suggestions when they made 'Fools Rush In' together: 'Her long-winded ideas weren't always helpful.' https://t.co/k97DI4EO1s
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) October 28, 2022
Matthew Perry is still talking garbage in his memoir. What an utter jackass this guy is.
In his book, Perry recounts how he came up with "some fun strategies to tap into real feelings and to be more of a leading man than a funny sitcom actor" for the film Fools Rush In. As Perry tells it, his leading lady Salma Hayek had some ideas of her own, but they weren't exactly his cup of tea.
"Salma had tried her best, too - she came into my trailer at the start of the shoot and said, 'Let's just spoon a little bit,'" Perry writes. "I did my best Chandler impression - the double-take-and-sardonic- stare thing - and said, 'Oh, OK ! Let's just spoon a little bit!'"
Perry goes on to say that Hayek always had a "very elaborate and lengthy idea" about how to tackle the scene at hand, but "her long-winded ideas weren't always helpful." He writes, "There's one scene in which I'm professing my love for her. She suggested that we don't look at each other - rather, we should look out at our future together. After listening to this nonsense for about twenty minutes, I finally said: 'Listen, Salma,' I said, 'I'm telling you I love you in this scene. You look wherever you want, but I'm going to be looking at you.'"
Despite the clashing, Perry has positive memories of the film, calling it "probably my best movie" and one of the best performances of his career.
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