Editing Once Upon a Time in Mexico (section)

==Cast==
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* [[Antonio Banderas]] as "El Mariachi"
* [[Salma Hayek]] as Carolina 
* [[Johnny Depp]] as CIA Agent Sands 
* [[Mickey Rourke]] as Billy Chambers
* [[Eva Mendes]] as Ajedrez 
* [[Danny Trejo]] as "Cucuy"
* [[Enrique Iglesias]] as Lorenzo
* [[Marco Leonardi]] as Fideo
* [[Cheech Marin]] as Belini
* [[Julio Oscar Mechoso]] as Nicholas, Presidential Advisor <!-- Jorge Ramirez? -->
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* [[Rubén Blades]] as Jorge Ramirez. The name of his murdered partner, Agent Armando Archuleta, is probably an allusion to Detective Danny Archuleta, a character from [[Predator 2]] that was also portrayed by Blades.
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* [[Willem Dafoe]] as Armando Barillo
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* [[Pedro Armendáriz, Jr.]] as [[President of Mexico]]
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* [[Pedro Armendáriz, Jr.]] as President
* Tony Valdes as Chicle Boy
* Gerardo Vigil as General Marquez
* Miguel Couturier as Dr. Guevera
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In a 2003 issue of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', Depp was named as one of its "People of the Year", and gave an interview in which he briefly discussed his role as Sands:

<blockquote>The idea behind him is there was this guy I used to know in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]], in the business, who on the outside was very charming &ndash; soft-spoken and almost hypnotic in the rhythm he used to speak. He refused to call me Johnny &ndash; always called me John. You knew this guy was aiming to fuck you over, but somehow you stuck around because he was just so fascinating to watch.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/johnnydepp/articles/story/10697564/people_of_the_year_2004_johnny_depp|title=News|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=February 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717081042/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/johnnydepp/articles/story/10697564/people_of_the_year_2004_johnny_depp |archive-date=July 17, 2009|url-status= dead}}</ref></blockquote>

Depp also said in an ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' article that he "imagine[d] this guy wore really cheesy tourist shirts", that he had a "sideline obsession with [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]", and that he favored strange, obvious disguises; all three qualities can be observed in the film. It was also revealed in the director's commentary on the DVD that Depp himself came up with the character's first and middle names.<ref>{{cite magazine <!-- Deny Citation Bot--> |title=Johnny Depp has twelve tattoos |last=Nashawaty|first= Chris|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|location=New York|issue=729|date=September 19, 2003|pages= 29–32, 34 |id={{ProQuest|219039608}}}}</ref>