--- title: Salma Hayek Saved the Day at a Ryan Reynolds Dinner Party description: The 'Hitman's Bodyguard' costars enjoyed a dinner at Reynolds' home — but it was Hayek who came through with the cooking chops. canonical: https://time.com/4897291/ryan-reynolds-salma-hayek-dinner/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-11T16:52:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:24.398Z og:title: Salma Hayek Saved the Day at Ryan Reynolds' Dinner Party og:description: They'll definitely be inviting her back og:url: https://time.com/4897291/ryan-reynolds-salma-hayek-dinner/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf0b16994462af36/6988d95f7cdbac83d7d5991c/salma-hayek.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Build Presents Miguel Arteta, Salma Hayek and John Lithgow Discussing "Beatriz At Dinner" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Salma Hayek Saved the Day at Ryan Reynolds' Dinner Party twitter:description: They'll definitely be inviting her back twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf0b16994462af36/6988d95f7cdbac83d7d5991c/salma-hayek.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's What Happened When Ryan Reynolds Hosted Salma Hayek for Dinner  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 11, 2017 4:52 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 07: Salma Hayek discusses "Beatriz At Dinner" with the Build Series at Build Studio on June 7, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/FilmMagic) NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 07: Salma Hayek discusses "Beatriz At Dinner" with the Build Series at Build Studio on June 7, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/FilmMagic)Roy Rochlin—FilmMagic  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 11, 2017 4:52 PM UTC [Ryan Reynolds](http://time.com/4893198/ryan-reynolds-trolls-spiderman/) is a man of many talents — comedy, acting, being Blake Lively’s [husband](http://time.com/4881113/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-love/). But he’s the first to admit [cooking is not one of them](http://www.menshealth.com/guy-wisdom/ryan-reynolds-7-and-half-rules-of-awesome). In a throwback post shared on Instagram, [Salma Hayek](http://motto.time.com/4700737/salma-hayek-aging-gracefully-botox/) gave audiences insight into what goes on in the Reynolds-Lively household when they invite a guest over for a meal. Hint: it doesn’t involve the _Deadpool_ star getting down to work in the kitchen, although he _does_ appear happy to stand by and applaud the work done over the stove. “When your friends invite you for dinner and you end up doing all the work,” Hayek captioned the photo. Hayek and Reynolds worked together on [_The Hitman’s Bodyguard_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1959563/), playing the wife of a hitman (Hayek) and his bodyguard (Reynolds) in the action comedy, out August 18\. Hayek also appeared with star Blake Lively in [_Savages_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1615065/), back in 2012\. It’s been a busy year for the actor, who recently starred in the tense film [_Beatriz at Dinner_](http://time.com/4810496/beatriz-at-dinner-review/) as well. In the photo, Hayek is also seen balancing Reynolds’ ten-month-old daughter [Ines](http://time.com/3948758/ryan-reynolds-selfless/) on her hip while stirring the unseen contents of a giant copper pot. (Hayek has a daughter of her own with husband Francois-Henri Pinault: Valentina, age nine.) 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