Many a Robert Rodriguez flick has featured Antonio Banderas or some such actor walking away from an explosion without looking back.
Banderas first teamed with Rodriguez on the 1995 Western actioner “Desperado,” which also introduced the world to Salma Hayek and formed the second installment in Rodriguez’s “Mexico Trilogy” after his feature-length directorial debut, “El Mariachi.” The title role in “El Mariachi” was played by Carlos Gallardo, but Banderas took over in “Desperado,” the year after he appeared in “Interview with the Vampire” with Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise.Though he may have brought a movie star quality to the new and improved El Mariachi character, Banderas still found himself in a position where he was doing dangerous stunts.
In one “Desperado” scene, El Mariachi dangles off the edge of a building, then falls backward while shooting his guns, landing on the next building.
He retrieves some grenades from his guitar
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