Tag: Desperado
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Robert Rodriguez Isn’t Sure He’d Do Another ‘Desperado’ Film Because Of The “Glorification” Of Gun Violence
Robert Rodriguez is a filmmaker with an incredibly eclectic filmography. Sometimes he’ll do a big-budget sci-fi film, such as “Alita: Battle Angel,” but then he might go and make a new ‘Spy Kids’ film with his kids. Perhaps he’s best known for films like violent action films like “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Desperado,” or even…
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Robert Rodriguez Should Return to His ’90s Roots
Robert Rodriguez has had a long and successful career as one of the most prolific directors working in the industry … which is why it feels silly to say that he should go back to his 1990s filmmaking roots. Yes, even though Rodriguez has made great strides in his craft over the years, these strides…
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‘Fast X’s Joaquim de Almeida on Reprising His Role, ‘Warrior Nun’ & Road House
Joaquim de Almeida is an actor whose career spans a number of successful films and hit series, including Robert Rodriguez’s Desperado, the revived Warrior Nun series, Queen of the South, 24, and many others. Most recently, Almeida’s role as the powerful drug lord, Hernan Reyes, in Fast Five resurfaced in the franchise’s penultimate entry, Fast…
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Robert Rodriguez’s 7,000 El Mariachi Is Still One of His Best Films
Since arriving on the cinematic scene in 1992, Robert Rodriguez has proven to be a unique and versatile voice in cinema. Few filmmakers known for hard edged R-rated material like Desperado and Sin City also dabble in family friendly fare like that of the Spy Kids films, and vice versa. But Rodriguez is an exception…
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Antonio Banderas Risked His Life For A Slapdash Desperado Stunt
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…
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Salma Hayek Reveals She Was a Finalist for ‘The Matrix,’ but Failed Her Trinity Physical Test
Salma Hayek joined Jada Pinkett Smith on the most recent installment of the latter’s Facebook interview series “Red Table Talk” (via Yahoo Entertainment) and revealed she was one of the four finalists in the casting process for Trinity in “The Matrix.” One of the other four finalists was Pinkett Smith herself. Hayek’s career was red…
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Danny Trejo Believes He Would Be in Prison or Dead if He Didn’t Get Sober
Danny Trejo was honored by Los Angeles drug and alcohol treatment center Cri-Help Friday night during its 50th anniversary drive-in celebration at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.The “Desperado” actor, who has been sober for nearly 53 years, was presented with the inaugural Vanguard Award for his work and advocacy of the recovery community by…
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‘Desperado’: Salma Hayek Talks Film’s Casting And Says ‘Studio Wanted Cameron Diaz As A Mexican’
No matter how much people like to complain about the casting of underrepresented actors in Hollywood projects, it’s still a struggle for actors of color to get the same opportunities as white actors. Case in point, Salma Hayek took the time to reflect on her role in Robert Rodriguez‘s “Desperado,” the film that gave Hayek…
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Salma Hayek Reflects on ‘Desperado’ Casting: ‘Studio Wanted Cameron Diaz as a Mexican’
This year’s 25th anniversary of Robert Rodriguez’s “Desperado” means it’s also the 25th anniversary of Salma Hayek getting her breakthrough Hollywood role. Hayek was already a major star in Mexico in the early 1990s thanks to her role on the hugely popular telenovela “Teresa.” In an interview with Elle this week, the Oscar-nominated actress reflected…
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Danny Trejo Peruses His IMDb and Reveals Why He Doesn’t Mind Being Typecast for Funny or Die — Watch (Exclusive)
In addition to mustaches and tacos, Danny Trejo is an expert on Danny Trejo. That’s probably why Funny or Die enlisted him for the second episode of “IMDb Me,” a new series in which actors go through their IMDb pages and recount their experiences on a cross-section of movies they’ve worked on over the years.…