Elvira Hancock is a fictional character in the 1983 American crime drama film Scarface, portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer. This proved to be her breakthrough role. [1] She is the mistress of Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia) and after his death, becomes the wife of Tony Montana .

Michelle Pfeiffer was an almost unknown actress when she appeared in Scarface, and both star Al Pacino and director Brian De Palma initially argued against her casting. Pacino worked with experts in knife combat, trainers and boxer Roberto Durán to …

Her breakthrough role as Elvira Hancock in Scarface (1983) propelled her into mainstream success, which continued with performances in The Witches of Eastwick (1987) and Tequila Sunrise (1988). Pfeiffer received her first of six consecutive Golden Globe Award nominations for Married to the Mob (1988).

Dec 9, 1983 · Scarface: Directed by Brian De Palma. With Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. In the 1980s, a determined criminal-minded Cuban immigrant becomes the biggest drug smuggler in Miami, and …

Jan 26, 2023 · Michelle Pfeiffer received her break-out role as Elvira Hancock in Brian De Palma's 'Scarface' alongside al Pacino, yet she cried herself to sleep because of it

Mar 5, 2024 · She soon moved on to the now-classic crime drama Scarface (1983), and showed critics that she could hold her own, starring opposite acting powerhouse Al Pacino. Over the next few years,...

Mar 11, 2024 · More than 40 years after the release of the crime classic, Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer both attended the 96th Academy Awards, sending fans of Scarface into a frenzy in the process, as lovers of the movie swelled with the anticipation of seeing the duo back together.

Apr 26, 2018 · Michelle Pfeiffer did reveal at the Scarface screening that she really committed to the weight loss to the point where people were paying attention to how much she was eating and were...

Mar 11, 2024 · Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer were planning to have a 'Scarface' reunion at the 2024 Oscars, but the actress had a conflict that kept her on the East Coast.

Jul 24, 2017 · "Michelle Pfeiffer was a star from the moment she descended in that glass elevator in Scarface—although the automatic prejudice that assumes beautiful people can't act means it took a while for people to see she was also an actress."

Mar 11, 2024 · Michelle Pfeiffer was set to reunite with her Scarface co-star Al Pacino at the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, but as anyone who watched the show already knows, that failed to happen. Now, we know ...

May 8, 2023 · Speaking on an episode of The Skinny Confidential podcast, Pfeiffer revealed: "I cried myself to sleep almost every night on Scarface. "It was obviously a huge deal for me."

Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (born April 29, 1958) is a Golden Globe- and BAFTA-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actress. In a career spanning more than 25 years, she has starred in films such as Scarface, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Batman Returns, One Fine Day, Dangerous Minds, I am Sam...

Mar 9, 2014 · Elvira Hancock is a fictional character in the 1983 American mob film Scarface, portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer. This proved to be her breakthrough role. She is the mistress of Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia) and after his death, becomes the wife of Tony Montana (Al Pacino).

Dec 7, 2018 · Upon its 1983 release, Scarface cemented Al Pacino's star status and turned actress Michelle Pfeiffer into a household name. The story of Tony Montana, a Cuban immigrant in 1980s Miami who...

Nov 27, 2023 · Fans loved Pacino’s brutal but sympathetic gangster; Steven Bauer’s loveable but doomed best friend, and Michelle Pfeiffer’s vamping and sarcastic trophy wife. Oliver Stone’s script had struck a nerve with the ‘me first’ younger members of the Regan generation.

May 10, 2023 · Speaking on The Skinny Confidential podcast in January 2023, Pfeiffer revealed that while she was in the running to play Elvira, she was mentally “tortured” when waiting to hear back. Compounding matters, she was scared she was “going to be bad” in front of Al Pacino and the other cast members.

Apr 11, 2022 · Al Pacino's boisterous performance as the ambitious, hotheaded, American Dream usurper Tony Montana is undoubtedly the heart of Brian De Palma's operatic gangster film " Scarface." But he tends...

Sep 27, 2024 · Michelle Pfeiffer has shared what it was like filming Scarface at the age of 25. It's hard to imagine a time when Pfeiffer was new on the Hollywood scene, but the actor's big breakout role was in Grease 2 in 1982.

Feb 7, 2014 · Michelle Pfeiffer as cocaine-addicted gangster’s moll Elvira Hancock, on location with De Palma. De Palma on location in a Cuban neighbourhood of Miami. Cinematographer John A. Alonzo behind the camera. Along with Chinatown (1974), Scarface is perhaps Alonzo’s most memorable work.