Salma Hayek Says Angelina Jolie’s Sons Maddox and Pax Worked ‘Hard’ on the Set of ‘Without Blood

Salma Hayek Says Angelina Jolie’s Sons Maddox and Pax Worked ‘Hard’ on the Set of ‘Without Blood’

Angelina Jolie’s sons Maddox and Pax were total pros on the set of their mom’s new movie.

Salma Hayek, 58, revealed that Maddox and Pax worked “hard” in their roles in the assistant director department of Without Blood, which Jolie wrote and directed, and Hayek stars in.

They work hard,” Hayek told People at the Toronto International Film Festival, where Without Blood had its premiere on Sunday, September 8.

Hayek added that Jolie was “very professional” with Maddox, 23, and Pax, 20, on set.

The Oscar nominee said, “She’s demanding. They got the respect of the crew, and they were good with the crew, and they were very in their place. They were not treating me like they treat me outside of there. They were very, ‘You have to come,’ and I go, ‘Okay!’ It was kind of fun.”

“They work hard. They are very serious about what they do,” Hayek continued.

Hayek admitted that at the start of production, she was more playful with her longtime friend’s children, but quickly changed tack.

It is kind of funny, I was teasing them at the beginning, but then I had to say, ‘No. I have to separate and just treat them like professionals because it’s disrespectful,’” she recalled.

In the new war drama, Hayek plays Nina, who is dealing with the aftermath of an unspecified war. Hayek told Entertainment Weekly that Jolie, 49, had to convince her to take the part.