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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11939548" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alexa-penavega" source="Orion">Alexa PenaVega</keyword> became a child star after appearing in the first "<keyword id="11939542" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="spy-kids" source="Orion">Spy Kids</keyword>" movie in 2001.</li><li>She told Insider that she did not realize her stardom while making the "Spy Kids" movies.</li><li>However, she said she felt like a "rockstar" when doing a massive autograph signing in the <keyword id="11946136" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mall-of-america" source="Orion">Mall of America</keyword>.</li></ul>Alexa PenaVega told Insider that the moment she realized the popularity of "Spy Kids" was during an autograph signing that packed the Mall of America when she was 12.PenaVega starred in all four "Spy Kids" movies as Carmen Cortez and became a child star after the success of the first movie in 2001. The series follows Carmen and her brother Juni (<keyword id="11939544" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="daryl-sabara" source="Orion">Daryl Sabara</keyword>) who become spies after finding out their parents were spies as well.Speaking to Insider about her experience during the filming of the "Spy Kids" series, the 32-year-old actress said that as a child she did not realize the significance of the movie because as a kid she thought it was just "playing dress-up."She said: "When it came out, we were just excited to see the final outcome. When it was a hit, I think we knew that that was cool but there weren't social media back then right? So we were still super protected as kids in the industry. If that movie were made nowadays with younger kids, I feel like social media changes a lot of that. I just feel like there was still such an innocence about making that movie."<div type="image" title="alexa penavega spy kids" height="1613" width="2150" msid="85622702" hostid="261"></div>PenaVega then recalled that the "biggest moment" that made her realize the importance of "Spy Kids" to audiences was during an autograph signing in the Mall of America - the largest mall in the western hemisphere."The line to do the signing was just... it was packed," She said. "They couldn't fit any more people. And then if you look up from where the autograph signing was happening, it was just crowds of people. You kind of almost feel like a rock star."The "Spy Kids" star also recalled that the first time she heard how significant the movie was during the "Spy Kids" premiere at Disneyland."I remember everybody being there just being like, 'This movie is gonna be huge,'" She said. "And hearing that, as a kid, you're kind of like, 'Whoa, what is that? What does that even mean?' Like you don't really know, you just know that it's exciting." <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CNDh_0lDYln/">PenaVega</a> and her co-stars <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CNDhOT8lH37/">Antonio Banderas</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CNELq7xrvgb/">Daryl Sabara</a> celebrated the 20th anniversary of the first "Spy Kids" movie in March with Instagram posts."How on earth was this 20 years ago?!" PenaVega captioned the post. "Only the absolute best memories with my forever family. So blessed to have been a part of something so special. The amount of love I have for every single person a part of this cast and crew. You guys made my childhood!!! Thank you for creating the most incredible experience for me... for Daryl and for our families!"The last movie in the series came out ten years ago but Variety <a href="https://variety.com/2021/film/news/spy-kids-reboot-robert-rodriguez-1234892682/">reported</a> that there is a reboot in the works that will be written and directed by the "Spy Kids" creator <keyword id="11899675" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="robert-rodriguez" source="Orion">Robert Rodriguez</keyword>.

'Spy Kids' star Alexa PenaVega says she didn't realize she was famous until a fan meet in Mall of America

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11939548" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alexa-penavega" source="Orion">Alexa PenaVega</keyword> told Insider that she thought "<keyword id="11939819" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="spy-kids-4" source="Orion">Spy Kids 4</keyword>" didn't count.</li><li>PenaVega played the role of Carmen Cortez in all four "<keyword id="11939542" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="spy-kids" source="Orion">Spy Kids</keyword>" movies.</li><li>"Spy Kids 4" saw PenaVega and her original co-star, <keyword id="11939544" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="daryl-sabara" source="Orion">Daryl Sabara</keyword>, as adults helping a new generation of "Spy Kids."</li></ul>Alexa PenaVega, who starred in all four "Spy Kids" movies as Carmen Cortez, told Insider that she thought "Spy Kids 4" did not "count."PenaVega was speaking to Insider about her experience filming the "Spy Kids" series after the 20th anniversary of the first movie earlier this year.She told Insider that coming to the set for "Spy Kids 4-D: All the Time in the World" was "bittersweet.""It's sad because you're like, 'Okay, I know, we're not kids anymore,'" the 32-year-old actress said. " We were just so excited to get back on set again. Robert uses the same crew over and over and over again so we were hanging out talking about the good old days and you being able to see those gadgets again, those sets again was super nostalgic.""Spy Kids 4," which premiered ten years ago, was the only film not to have PenaVega and Daryl Sabara as the main characters, however, both reprised their roles as Carmen and Juni Cortez in the movie. In the movie, Rowan Blanchard and Mason Cook play twins who find out that their new stepmom, Marissa (played by <keyword id="11939818" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jessica-alba" source="Orion">Jessica Alba</keyword>) is an ex-agent and thus they become agents themselves.<div type="image" title="Spy Kids 4" height="1080" width="1440" msid="85603530" hostid="261"></div>PenaVega said she felt "Spy Kids 4" was out of place with the rest of the series. She continued: "But it almost kind of feels like 'Spy Kids 4' didn't count. Only because it was like this weird one-off that they didn't do anything else with and I really felt like they could have taken advantage of the Cortez family a little bit more. I do feel like I feel like 'Spy Kids 4' was kind of miss. I feel like Daryl would agree with me. It was like a bit of a weird bittersweet movie, but we're so thankful we've done it because it was good seeing everybody again."Variety <a href="https://variety.com/2021/film/news/spy-kids-reboot-robert-rodriguez-1234892682/">reported</a> that another "Spy Kids" movie is on its way with <keyword id="11899675" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="robert-rodriguez" source="Orion">Robert Rodriguez</keyword>, the creator of the series, returning to write and direct. PenaVega told Insider that she would be part of the movie if it came to fruition.She said: "It's been so many years that are you kidding? In a heartbeat. And I know Daryl would say the same. Like in a heartbeat we would both be there."As for her favorite of the series, PenaVega told Insider that she loved "Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams" because there were more kids on set and there were "pivotal moments" during the filming of the movie, such as her first kiss.

'Spy Kids' star Alexa PenaVega says 'Spy Kids 4' 'didn't count:' 'It was like a bit of a weird bittersweet movie'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11939548" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alexa-penavega" source="Orion">Alexa PenaVega</keyword> talks to Insider about the experience of filming "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Fmovie%2Fspy-kids-f875376e-19e8-4f2b-8176-7fba8fff73d7" rel="nofollow sponsored">Spy Kids</a>."</li><li>In March 2021, PenaVega and her co-stars celebrated 20 years since the release of the first movie.</li><li>PenaVega said these movies are "special" because they were "empowering" for young kids. </li></ul>It's been 20 years since the iconic family movie "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Fmovie%2Fspy-kids-f875376e-19e8-4f2b-8176-7fba8fff73d7" rel="nofollow sponsored nofollow sponsored">Spy Kids</a>" was first shown in theaters. "<keyword id="11939542" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="spy-kids" source="Orion">Spy Kids</keyword>" stood out among its noughties family movie peers, earning a <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spy_kids">Rotten Tomatoes score of 93%</a> and encouraging three sequels, each weirder than the last.The popularity of the "Spy Kids" series lives on despite the last entry coming out ten years ago. Last year, thousands of people watched the film's stars, Alexa PenaVega and <keyword id="11939544" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="daryl-sabara" source="Orion">Daryl Sabara</keyword>, <a href="https://www.insider.com/spy-kids-daryl-sabara-alexa-penavega-movie-memorabilia-instagram-2020-4">reunite over an Instagram Live</a>.In the series, PenaVega and Sabara starred as two ordinary children, Carmen and Junie Cortez, who find out their parents are spies and then become spies themselves.To commemorate the milestone, Insider spoke to PeneVega who told us that these movies are "special" because they were "empowering" for young kids. Her favorite of the series is the sequel "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.b2a9f7a1-3d2e-7517-23a5-2052c5088a0a" rel="nofollow sponsored">Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams</a>" because she can remember many important moments during the filming of that movie."It was the most fun to shoot because there were other kids on set plus the stunt kids," PenaVega told Insider. "So it was just tonnes of kids on set. And I had my first kiss on that set, off-screen. It was really exciting. For a young kid, these were pivotal moments in my life."Insider spoke to Alexa PenaVega about whether she'd appear in a <a href="https://variety.com/2021/film/news/spy-kids-reboot-robert-rodriguez-1234892682/">future "Spy Kids" movie</a>, what was it like filming the series and why she thinks "Spy Kids" became so successful. Insider: There have been a lot of kids movies in the last 20 years. Why do you think "Spy Kids" is one of those that have stood out?<div type="image" title="Spy Kids" height="1142" width="1522" msid="85601046" hostid="261"></div>Alexa PenaVega: It was kind of the first of its kind. The way that "The Goonies" was such a standout because they didn't have many films like that during that time. They didn't have movies like "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Fmovie%2Fspy-kids-f875376e-19e8-4f2b-8176-7fba8fff73d7" rel="nofollow sponsored">Spy Kids</a>," where the kids were really the ones that were in charge, and they were doing something awesome and amazing.I also think it was the first time that Hispanic kids were leading a movie and it was about a Latino family. That was pushing the envelope for the time. Now we see a whole lot of that and that's awesome but I really do feel like it's paved the way for a lot of movies.When was the moment that you realized how big "Spy Kids" was?I remember going to the Spy Kids premiere and just kind of being like, "Whoa." They had it at Disneyland and there were so many people. I remember everybody being there just being like, "this movie is gonna be huge." Just hearing that as a kid you're kind of like, "Whoa, what does that even mean?" You just know that it's exciting. But the biggest, biggest moment was when we went to the Mall of America to do an autograph signing. I think I was only 12 and Daryl must have only been nine or something like that. The line to do the signing was packed. They couldn't fit any more people and then if you look up from where the autograph signing was happening, it was just crowds of people. You kind of almost feel like a rock star.What was it like filming Spy Kids 4? With you and Daryl not being the main actors, it was almost passing on the baton to a new set of Spy Kids.We were just so excited to get back on set again. Robert uses the same crew over and over and over again so we were hanging out talking about the good old days and you being able to see those gadgets again, those sets again was super nostalgic. But it almost kind of feels like "<a href="https://go.skimresources.com?id=35871X943606&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vudu.com%2Fcontent%2Fmovies%2Fdetails%2FSpy-Kids-All-the-Time-in-the-World%2F2366042F236604" rel="nofollow sponsored nofollow sponsored">Spy Kids 4</a>" didn't count. Only because it was like this weird one-off that they didn't do anything else with and I really felt like they could have taken advantage of the Cortez family a little bit more. I do feel like I feel like "Spy Kids 4" was kind of miss. I feel like Daryl would agree with me. It was like a bit of a weird bittersweet movie, but we're so thankful we've done it because it was good seeing everybody again.Variety reported that there is <a href="https://variety.com/2021/film/news/spy-kids-reboot-robert-rodriguez-1234892682/">another "Spy Kids" in the works.</a> If it were to happen and there was a role for you would you take it?Oh my Gosh. Yes. Yes. I think more so now. I don't know if this is what happens to kids when they're in successful movies but there is a minute there where you're like, "Oh, I want to be able to move on from this and do something new." But it's been so many years that are you kidding? In a heartbeat. And I know Daryl would say the same. Like in a heartbeat we would both be there.You mentioned Daryl a lot. Do you still keep in touch with him?<div type="image" title="spy kids then and now" height="900" width="1200" msid="85601051" hostid="261"></div>We're family and he always will be. We talk a couple of times a month. Check-in with each other. We haven't seen each other in years. We need to see each other. I try to get him out here to Hawaii to visit. I think his wife [Meghan Trainor] is so busy all the time so they've been super busy. We always laugh because we used to fight so much like a real brother and sister growing up and we love each other so much now. It's a miracle that we're so close.If your character, Carmen, was your age now, what do you think she would be doing? Oh, what would she be doing? It's so hard because I always felt like Carmen was such an independent girl that I don't know that she would have gotten married and had kids very quickly. She was the harder one to get to really appreciate and value family. She was always a little bit of a rebel. I feel like for sure Junie would have had a family but Carmen might be a little late to that game because she's still off saving the world. <div type="image" title="Spy Kids" height="1200" width="1600" msid="85601053" hostid="261"></div>What was your favorite part of being part of the "Spy Kids" series? The gadgets, the stories, what did you love the most?You'd think it would be all the gadgets and the sets and all that stuff but it was the cast and crew. We shot back to back in Austin, Texas and when you're there with the same cast and crew again and again, they really do become your family. Those memories of when we're not filming and we set up a breakdancing room. We found this abandoned room that nobody was using at the studio that we broke the lock and we got in and we taped cardboard all up. And we would all breakdance in that room. Those are the fun memories to me, like the moments where we were off set just having a blast together. We really are family. I know that if I saw any of those people today - crew, cast, anybody - we would all just pick up right where we left off because that's what family does.This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

'Spy Kids' star Alexa PenaVega recalls having her first kiss on set and other iconic moments from the series

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"<keyword id="281051" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Spy-Kids">Spy Kids</keyword>" stars Daryl Sabara and Alexa PenaVega had an Instagram reunion where the two reminisced about their time playing Juni and Carmen Cortez.</li><li>They also showed off some memorabilia from the films, and they both impressively still remember their characters full names: Juni Rocket Racer Rebel Cortez and Carmen Elizabeth Juanita Echo Sky Bravo Cortez.</li><li>The reunion was organized after Sabara and his wife <keyword id="2530460" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Meghan-Trainor">Meghan Trainor</keyword> rewatched "Spy Kids," which came out 19 years ago, and they live-streamed it on Trainor's Instagram.</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Daryl Sabara and Alexa PenaVega had a "Spy Kids" reunion on Instagram live, and showed off some of their memorabilia from the classic 2001 kids movie and its sequels.The reunion came around after Sabara and his wife Meghan Trainor rewatched "Spy Kids" almost 20 years after its release, and live-streamed their talk with PenaVega on Trainor's Instagram.Sabara and PenaVega, who played Juni and Carmen Cortez, have several keepsakes from the movies, with Sabara showing off the ring his character wore in the film. They both also have costumes from the film, and Sabara showed off one of his that Trainor's parents had framed for him as a gift."Meghan's parents, my amazing in-laws did this for me," Sabara said. "It was gathering dust in, like, my storage. How sweet is that?""No! You have that? Amazing," PenaVega said. "Amazing, that is fantastic. That is so good. I don't have that one. I do have, remember when they put us in, like, our cool tuxedo look and I had, like, that red shirt and black pants? I have that outfit. But I might steal the in-law idea because that's so awesome."Sabara and PenaVega also reminisced about their time on set, with Sabara telling PenaVega that the scene where Juni is in his trailer trying to get a harness off was a "triggering moment.""Remember how we used to have the harness on for hours? And we'd be like, 'Can someone take it off?' They'd be like, 'Yeah, yeah, they'll come take it off' and no one ever came," Sabara said."No one would ever show up," PenaVega agreed.Sabara and PenaVega also joked with Trainor about remembering their characters' full names from the movies, which are absurdly long."Of course," Sabara said. "Juni Rocket Racer Rebel Cortez.""Carmen Elizabeth Juanita Echo Sky Bravo Cortez," PenaVega said, provoking a delighted response from Trainor: "Yes! That was so good!"Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/every-diamond-certified-song-ever-riaa">There are only 34 songs in history that have been certified diamond — here they all are</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/best-and-worst-songs-of-the-decade-2010s-2019-12">The 8 best and 8 worst songs of the decade</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/meghan-trainor-will-cover-the-iconic-friends-theme-song-2019-9">Meghan Trainor is recording a new version of the iconic 'Friends' theme song for the show's 25th anniversary</a>Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/spy-kids-daryl-sabara-alexa-penavega-movie-memorabilia-instagram-2020-4">Insider</a>

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