It’s never news when a celebrity decides to go under the knife to get ahead in Hollywood. However, what if one of Tinseltown’s sexiest stars decides to go a little bit au naturale? In the case of Salma Hayek, things get a little hairy.
Hayek recently sported a beard as “Madame Truska” in her upcoming film, The Vampire’s Assistant, where she plays one of the performers from Cirque Du Freak. In The Vampire’s Assistant, not only can Madame Truska grow a beard all the way to her feet, but she can suck it up through her face as if she had no facial hair at all.
In case you’re still wondering, Hayek didn’t really grow an actual beard, but it’s not everyday when a starlet decides to shed their seemingly flawless beauty for a role. We did get some word on what The Vampire’s Assistant is really all about, which is posted below.
Will you be catching this flick when it premieres on October 23rd?
“The Vampire’s Assistant, based on the popular series of books by Darren Shan, is a fantasy-adventure about a teenager who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires. Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares.
14-year-old Darren (Chris Kelly) was like most kids in his suburban neighborhood. He hung out with his best friend, got decent grades and usually stayed out of trouble. But when he and his buddy stumble upon a traveling freak show, things begin to change inside Darren. That's the exact moment when a vampire named Larten Crepsley (John C. Reilly) turns him into something, well, bloodthirsty.
Newly undead, he joins the Cirque Du Freak, a touring sideshow filled with monstrous creatures from a snakeboy and a wolfman to a bearded lady (Salma Hayek) and a gigantic barker (Ken Watanabe). As Darren flexes his newfound powers in this dark world, he becomes a treasured pawn between the vampires and their deadlier counterparts. And while trying to survive, one boy will struggle to keep their brewing war from devouring what's left of his humanity.”
