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