PenaVega played one of the film's protagonists, iconic older sister Carmen Cortez. She later appeared in films including Sleepover and Repo! The Genetic Opera, reteaming with her Spy Kids director for ...

Although Danny Trejo’s infamous character Machete first appeared in 2001’s “Spy Kids,” the actor and his friend and frequent collaborator Robert Rodriguez first thought of the character while on the ...

'Spy Kids' first premiered in March 2001 and starred Alexa PenaVega and Daryl Sabara Kelsie Gibson is the Senior News Editor of Society and Culture at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2021 ...

Personality Complex is a regular feature of Complex's Pop Culture channel, where you'll be introduced to rising stars of film and television. Vega apologizes for calling a few minutes late for the ...

There’s no filmmaker more synonymous with the Paramount Theatre than Robert Rodriguez. In May the venerable Austin venue will give that relationship permanent physical recognition as the Spy Kids and ...

Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids franchise has become surprisingly prolific, but would you believe us if we told you that the family-friendly franchise is also home to a twisty, interconnected cinematic ...

Actor Danny Trejo, who played Machete (and later reprised the role in Robert Rodriguez's Machete movies), has never hosted SNL. However, there is an entire SNL short called "Danny Trejo Song," in ...