Carla Gugino wonders how she was cast as a 27-year-old mother in the film

‘Spy kids’

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Carla Gugino said she’s still trying to figure out how she was portrayed as a 27-year-old school-age mother of two in the original film. Spy kids film.

During a recent interview with BuzzFeedThe actress, who played Ingrid Curtis, recalled her time filming the 2001 film, alongside Antonio Banderas, Alexa PenaVega and Daryl Sabara. The action-adventure film, directed by Robert Rodriguez, follows a family of spies.

“It’s so funny because I was 27,” Gugino said. “It was a really nice kind of double-edged sword because I love that movie so much. The whole experience was amazing, and the movies go on and on.”

Girls on the bus The star continued: “I love Ingrid Curtis. But it was funny because I was 10 years old, at least, too young to be able to play this role because I had been a spy for 10 years and then somehow I had kids who were 9 and 11,” he added, laughing, “So it was quite physical.” “. impossible.”

Gugino noted that Rodriguez had already begun shooting the original film two weeks before she met with the director about possibly casting him.

“He was saying, ‘I feel like I’m looking for a mother for my kids.’ We were talking about it, and I auditioned for him and he said, ‘I think if we do our job right, no one will ever question it.’” The guards The actress said, referring to being too young for the role.

She added: “It’s very funny, as I said, no one has done that. Antonio Banderas and I worked together on a movie called Miami Rhapsody Which was directed by David Frankel, so we also had a little bit of history, and it was really nice to treat it that way.

Gugino reprized her role in two films Spy kids A sequel, released in 2002 and 2003. However, 2011 Spy Kids: All the time in the world Featuring an all-new cast, plus 2023 Spy Kids: Armageddon.