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Salma Hayek Recalls Struggling To Land ‘Desperado’ Role Because The Studio Wanted Cameron Diaz To Play A Mexican Character
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etcanada.comWhen director Robert Rodriguez was shooting “Desperado”, his studio sequel to his low-budget indie debut “El Mariachi”, there was a disagreement over casting.
In the 1995 action flick, Antonio Banderas stars as a Mexican mariachi musician on a mission of vengeance to kill the drug lord who murdered his girlfriend.
Salma Hayek co-stars as a bookstore owner who helps him. However, Hayek — who was born in Mexico — wasn’t the studio’s first choice for what proved to be her breakout role.
RELATED: Salma Hayek Recreates 1999 Swimsuit Shot “I remember Cameron Diaz was huge at the time and her last name was Diaz, so they said she can be Mexican,” Hayek recalls in an interview with Elle (Diaz is of Cuban descent, not Mexican; meanwhile, Banderos is
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