Salma Hayek moved to Los Angeles, California in 1991 to study acting under Stella Adler. Salma Hayek had limited fluency in English, which was attributed to her suffering from dyslexia. Robert Rodriguez and his producer wife Elizabeth Avellan soon gave Salma Hayek the break she needed, a starring role opposite Antonio Banderas in 1995's Desperado. The movie caught Hollywood's attention, as moviegoers proved to be dazzled by Salma Hayek as Rodriguez had been. Due to Salma Hayek's loyalty to the director, she would later decline playing the role Catherine Zeta-Jones eventually took in The Mask of Zorro after Rodriguez abandoned the project. Salma Hayek also appeared in the Spy Kids trilogy.
