'Like Water For Chocolate’s' Lead Recalls The Hilariously Awkward Text Exchange She Had With Producer Salma Hayek

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"Like Water For Chocolate." Those with a Max subscription can yearn for the forbidden romance between a couple who is torn apart by an arranged marriage through this new adaptation of the classic novel by Laura Esquivel that's produced by Salma Hayek. Speaking of the star producer, when CinemaBlend spoke to two of the series’ leads about this exciting project, they shared how Hayek welcomed them and how that led to a funny text miscommunication.  Salma Hayek’s latest producing credit leans into her Mexican roots as she has worked behind the scenes to bring a new version of "Like Water For Chocolate" to audiences over 30 years after the magical realism classic was turned into a movie. Andrea Chaparro, who plays Gertrudis, shared how Hayek first greeted the Spanish-language cast to the show.

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00:00She texted us at the beginning of the production.

00:02She gave us a little personal message to each and one of us

00:05that would inspire us and definitely got us on the right path.

00:10And then eventually would FaceTime every once in a while if we could.

00:15It was definitely magical.

00:17Having a story about women with a very strong woman producing

00:22was definitely inspiring.

00:23Yes, I have a funny story about the text she sent us.

00:27I think I was the first to talk about this.

00:32She texted us at the same time, I think.

00:35But I did not know.

00:37So I got a text message from a United States member.

00:44And I was like, it said, I'm so happy.

00:47You're going to do great in Como va para chocolate.

00:51You're going to be a great tita.

00:53And I was like, I got scared.

00:54So I was like, who did I tell?

00:58I was panicking.

00:59I was, who else knows?

01:00I wasn't supposed to tell anyone.

01:03Did I tell anyone?

01:04I was panicking.

01:06And then it said, Salma.

01:07And I said, oh my God, who's Salma?

01:08Oh my God, I feel so bad.

01:10They're going to, no, no.

01:12They're going to say something to me.

01:14And then I said it out loud.

01:15And I said, who's Salma?

01:18And we were like, really?

01:19They were like, Salma Hayek.

01:21And I was like, wait, what?

01:23Salma Hayek?

01:25And then I clicked and I was like, oh my God.

01:27Yeah, it felt good.

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