The spy action comedy franchise Spy Kids is probably something that forms a synonym to all the millennials’ childhood — back in the 2000s the story about two children getting to solve the world’s problems made millions of same-age kids across the world dream about abilities like this.
Perhaps most of the viewers were so captivated by Carmen and Juni’s figures much more than by those of their parents that they didn’t even notice a shocking detail about the children’s screen mom.
The first movie of the franchise was released back in 2001 and introduced the main characters that form a family of four — Ingrid and Gregorio Cortez, portrayed by Carla Gugino and Antonio Banderas respectively, and their two kids Carmen (Alexa Vega) and Juni (Daryl Sabara).
Ingrid and Gregorio are retired spies now working only as consulting agents for Organization of Super Spies — the fact that they...
Perhaps most of the viewers were so captivated by Carmen and Juni’s figures much more than by those of their parents that they didn’t even notice a shocking detail about the children’s screen mom.
The first movie of the franchise was released back in 2001 and introduced the main characters that form a family of four — Ingrid and Gregorio Cortez, portrayed by Carla Gugino and Antonio Banderas respectively, and their two kids Carmen (Alexa Vega) and Juni (Daryl Sabara).
Ingrid and Gregorio are retired spies now working only as consulting agents for Organization of Super Spies — the fact that they...
- 5/3/2024
- by benjamin-patel@startefacts.com (Benjamin Patel)
- STartefacts.com
Carla Gugino is opening up about her role in Spy Kids.
The 52-year-old actress played Ingrid Cortez, the mother of Carmen (Alexa PenaVega) and Juni (Daryl Sabara) in the 2001 film. She reprised her role in the two sequels, which released in 2002 and 2003. At the time of her casting, she was 27.
During a conversation with Buzzfeed, Carla reflected on playing a mother of school-aged children at that point in her life.
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“It is so funny because I was 27,” she said. “It was a really beautiful kind of double-edged sword because I love that movie so much. And the whole experience was incredible, and the movies continue.”
The Sucker Punch star added, “I love Ingrid Cortez. But it was funny because I was 10 years, at least, too young for the role because I was a spy for 10 years and then somehow had children who were like...
The 52-year-old actress played Ingrid Cortez, the mother of Carmen (Alexa PenaVega) and Juni (Daryl Sabara) in the 2001 film. She reprised her role in the two sequels, which released in 2002 and 2003. At the time of her casting, she was 27.
During a conversation with Buzzfeed, Carla reflected on playing a mother of school-aged children at that point in her life.
Keep reading to find out more…
“It is so funny because I was 27,” she said. “It was a really beautiful kind of double-edged sword because I love that movie so much. And the whole experience was incredible, and the movies continue.”
The Sucker Punch star added, “I love Ingrid Cortez. But it was funny because I was 10 years, at least, too young for the role because I was a spy for 10 years and then somehow had children who were like...
- 4/6/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Stars: Zachary Levi, Gina Rodriguez, Billy Magnussen, Connor Esterson, Everly Carganilla | Written by Robert Rodriguez, Racer Rodriguez | Directed by Robert Rodriguez
Writer/director Robert Rodriguez returns to the Spy Kids well after a 12-year hiatus, with an all-new spy family but an all-too-familiar story. I say all-too-familiar as Spy Kids: Armageddon essentially retreads the same plot as the original film – two kids, Tony (Connor Esterson) and Patty (Everly Carganilla), grow up completely oblivious to the fact their parents, Terrence Tango (Zachary Levi) and Nora Torrez (Gina Rodriguez), are spies working for the Oss. Like I said, familiar, right?
Of course, there comes a day that the kids find out their parents are spies – the day their dad Terrence’s “Armageddon Code,” a code that lets him hack into any place, any device etc., is stolen by evil game developer Rey “The King” Kingston (Billy Magnussen) and he uses it to...
Writer/director Robert Rodriguez returns to the Spy Kids well after a 12-year hiatus, with an all-new spy family but an all-too-familiar story. I say all-too-familiar as Spy Kids: Armageddon essentially retreads the same plot as the original film – two kids, Tony (Connor Esterson) and Patty (Everly Carganilla), grow up completely oblivious to the fact their parents, Terrence Tango (Zachary Levi) and Nora Torrez (Gina Rodriguez), are spies working for the Oss. Like I said, familiar, right?
Of course, there comes a day that the kids find out their parents are spies – the day their dad Terrence’s “Armageddon Code,” a code that lets him hack into any place, any device etc., is stolen by evil game developer Rey “The King” Kingston (Billy Magnussen) and he uses it to...
- 10/5/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The “Spy Kids” are back, and director Robert Rodriguez is once again spearheading the franchise through a soft reboot — this time for Netflix.
The clever, kids-have-to-be-spys-after-their-spy-parents-are-captured conceit returns in “Spy Kids: Armageddon” (now streaming), the fifth film in the franchise and one yet again written and directed by series creator Rodriguez. This time it’s a new family, led by Gina Rodriguez and Zachary Levi, who are battling an evil game designer (Billy Magnussen). Thankfully, their kids (Connor Esterson and Everly Carganilla) spring into action. It’s got a ton of humor, a ton of heart, some classically “Spy Kids”-y action and some brand-new gadgets. What more could you want?
TheWrap spoke to Rodriguez, whose first “Spy Kids” movie premiered in 2001, about returning to the franchise, what other of his movies he would want to revisit and whether there’ll be another “Alita: Battle Angel” movie.
When did you...
The clever, kids-have-to-be-spys-after-their-spy-parents-are-captured conceit returns in “Spy Kids: Armageddon” (now streaming), the fifth film in the franchise and one yet again written and directed by series creator Rodriguez. This time it’s a new family, led by Gina Rodriguez and Zachary Levi, who are battling an evil game designer (Billy Magnussen). Thankfully, their kids (Connor Esterson and Everly Carganilla) spring into action. It’s got a ton of humor, a ton of heart, some classically “Spy Kids”-y action and some brand-new gadgets. What more could you want?
TheWrap spoke to Rodriguez, whose first “Spy Kids” movie premiered in 2001, about returning to the franchise, what other of his movies he would want to revisit and whether there’ll be another “Alita: Battle Angel” movie.
When did you...
- 10/3/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Carmen, Juni, and the rest of the Cortez family are back for another butt-kicking spy adventure. In April, Netflix announced that Robert Rodriguez, the original director of the 2000s action films, signed on to write and direct an upcoming "Spy Kids" reboot movie. Skydance Media optioned the film rights to Netflix with the intention of reimagining the spy thriller for a modern audience, according to Variety.
Officially titled "Spy Kids: Armageddon," the new project will be the fifth installment in the "Spy Kids" franchise, following the original 2001 "Spy Kids" and it's three sequels: "Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams," "Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over," and "Spy Kids: All the Time in the World." If you've ever stared off into the distance pondering the complexities of Steve Buscemi's deeply existential quote in "Spy Kids 2," or if you're still waiting on that instant Happy Meal microwave to hit the market,...
Officially titled "Spy Kids: Armageddon," the new project will be the fifth installment in the "Spy Kids" franchise, following the original 2001 "Spy Kids" and it's three sequels: "Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams," "Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over," and "Spy Kids: All the Time in the World." If you've ever stared off into the distance pondering the complexities of Steve Buscemi's deeply existential quote in "Spy Kids 2," or if you're still waiting on that instant Happy Meal microwave to hit the market,...
- 7/31/2023
- by Chanel Vargas
- Popsugar.com
A body and an island become sites of resistance in Glorimar Marrero Sánchez’s The Fishbowl, a fitfully incendiary, entrancing portrait of a woman engaged in a two-front war. Her name’s Noelia (Isel Rodríguez), a thirty-something Puerto Rican artist living in San Juan with her partner Jorge (Maximiliano Rivas). At the outset we’re told Noelia’s had cancer, and now that the illness has returned she refuses treatment to seek refuge in her native island of Vieques, a 40-minute ferry ride from the capital. What we aren’t told, but the film persuasively suggests, is that her disease might have been caused by the toxic emissions left by six decades’ worth of American weapons testing on her home turf. Written by Marrero Sánchez, The Fishbowl mines an unsealed wound in the US territory’s history; as The Atlantic grimly revealed in a 2016 exposé, cancer rates in Vieques are...
- 5/11/2023
- by Leonardo Goi
- The Film Stage
Meghan Trainor showed off her acting chops recently with a guest role on How I Met Your Father. She played Ramona in season 2 episode 2, “Midwife Crisis,” an expectant mother who was about to give birth early and needed Sophie’s (Hilary Duff) help. But how did the “All About That Bass” hitmaker land a part in the Hulu series? Trainor dished on her role in a recent interview, revealing that it all began with a “mom class” with Duff.
Meghan Trainor as Ramona in ‘How I Met Your Father’ | Patrick Wymore/Hulu Meghan Trainor appeared in ‘How I Met Your Father’ Season 2
“Midwife Crisis” saw Trainor as Ramona, Sophie’s neighbor who hired Sophie to take photos of her home birth. But there was one problem: Sophie had zero experience photographing home births. She lied to Ramona to get the job, telling the mom-to-be, “I’ve shot so many home births,...
Meghan Trainor as Ramona in ‘How I Met Your Father’ | Patrick Wymore/Hulu Meghan Trainor appeared in ‘How I Met Your Father’ Season 2
“Midwife Crisis” saw Trainor as Ramona, Sophie’s neighbor who hired Sophie to take photos of her home birth. But there was one problem: Sophie had zero experience photographing home births. She lied to Ramona to get the job, telling the mom-to-be, “I’ve shot so many home births,...
- 2/9/2023
- by Elise Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Singer Meghan Trainor once visited a sex shop “for a friend” but was caught by the paparazzi and rapped about the incident in a new TikTok video. The 28-year-old pop star, who has been married to ‘Spy Kids’ actor Daryl Sabara since 2018 and has 19-month-old Riley with him, was snapped visiting the Romantix Adult Store in Los Angeles back in 2018 and took to social media to explain the meaning behind the “embarrassing” viral images with a rap written to the tune of Nicki Minaj hit ‘Super Freaky Girl’, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
She rapped: “One thing about me is that four years ago I went in a sex shop and got paparazzi’d with my husband named Daryl – the ‘spy kid’ Juni. And it was embarrassing.”
“Not what you think… It wasn’t for us. I mean, we get pretty freaky, but not, like, too much. Not what you think…...
She rapped: “One thing about me is that four years ago I went in a sex shop and got paparazzi’d with my husband named Daryl – the ‘spy kid’ Juni. And it was embarrassing.”
“Not what you think… It wasn’t for us. I mean, we get pretty freaky, but not, like, too much. Not what you think…...
- 9/29/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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