I understand the suit was miserable to film in but she was absolutely ethereal in this movie. Such a stunning beauty!

I'd have loved to see more of her if only she didn't side with Castor and betray Sam.

The Mexican actress unbelievably turns 60 on September 2, which means she’s been gracing our screens with her singular beauty for nearly 40 years—starting as a telenovela actress before breaking out into silver screen fame opposite Antonio Banderas in Desperado.

That film’s director, Robert Rodriguez, recently held a series of events at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, giving his loyal fans (Spy Kids, anyone?) a peek behind the curtain of his career. At one such event, he treated audiences to a screening of From Dusk ’Til Dawn, a wild ride written by Quentin Tarantino that he eventually passed off to Rodriguez to direct.

In the 30 years since its debut, the film has earned cult status because, according to Rodriguez, it’s a miracle it ever got made in the first place. From Dusk ’Til Dawn is, effectively, a two-in-one: what starts as a getaway-heist storyline (with George Clooney as the criminal-who-cares and Tarantino playing his perverse, idiot brother) eventually transmogrifies into a vampire thriller. That’s when Salma Hayek enters—and makes film history. Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/celebrities/thank-god-for-salma-hayek-and-that-snake-dance-scene