Salma Hayek’s sweet birthday tribute to Antonio Banderas: “Mi querido amigo”

Salma Hayek And Antonio Banderas continues to share one of the strongest friendships in Hollywood. The two stars have built successful careers throughout their journeys in the entertainment industry and have supported each other from day one.

The Mexican icon and the Spanish star have worked together many times and Salma is always saying how proud she is of Antonio. Most recently, she posted a sweet birthday tribute in which she looks back on their first film together, “Desperado”.

Salma shared a series of photos from the 1995 film, as well as one of her photos at the Golden Globes. “Happy birthday, Antonio Banderas. Love, my dear friend,” she wrote, adding, “Feliz cumpleaños con mucho cariño, mi querido amigo.”

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Fans of the couple praised them for their friendship in the comments. “The two hottest actors with the hottest accents,” one person wrote, while someone else commented, “Am I the only one mad they never got married?”

In addition to “Desperado” and “Once Upon a Time in Mexico,” the two also worked together on the fan-favorite animated film “Puss in Boots.” “Antonio Banderas is so wonderful in this role. He was born to play this cat,” Salma said while promoting the film.

“We have worked together for a long time and have made many films together. It is always a pleasure and a joy. He embodies this character so much and I know him so well now that during the recording, even though he was not in the room, I could hear him saying the other lines like a ghost. I knew exactly what the cat would sound like if he said those lines,” she said during a press conference in 2011.

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