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Cameron Diaz was first choice to play Mexican role in Desperado because of her surname

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Elle.‘She was part of the list, and I had to audition again… I’m telling you, the studio wanted Cameron Diaz as a Mexican.’Cameron, now 48, is of Cuban descent on her father’s side and Native American, Italian and German heritage on her mother’s side.Salma, meanwhile, was born in Mexico and has a Spanish mother and Lebanese father.The Frida actress has been vocal about the discrimination Latina actors like herself face in Hollywood.

Elsewhere in her interview, she recalled times she has been dismissed for roles because of her heritage.Salma said she struggled to get an audition for a Latina role in the 1993 film, The House Of Spirits, starring Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Winona Ryder and Glen Close.Cameron Diaz reacts to fans realising.

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