<P> "The idea behind him is there was this guy I used to know in Hollywood, in the business, who on the outside was very charming--soft - spoken and almost hypnotic in the rhythm he used to speak . He refused to call me Johnny--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 ." </P> <P> 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", 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 . </P> <P> Made on a US $29 million budget, the film was shot in May 2001 before Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) and Spy Kids 3 - D: Game Over (2003) in order to avoid a potential Screen Actors Guild strike . Shooting took place over seven weeks in San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato, Mexico . It was the first big budget film to be shot in high definition digital video . Rodriguez chose to shoot on digital after George Lucas, who was shooting Star Wars: Episode II--Attack of the Clones, showed him early footage shot digitally . Impressed, Rodriguez chose to shoot digitally, but he knew he did not have enough time to shoot Spy Kids 2 . Instead, he pitched a sequel to Desperado to Miramax and wrote a script in six days . The initial draft was 65 pages long, which he padded with a subplot borrowed from an unproduced short film . When Miramax expressed hesitation over the added subplot, he readily removed it . His primary influence was Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy, specifically The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly . Rodriguez said shooting digitally saved time and money, simplified the filming process, and rendered 35 mm film obsolete for him . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Once Upon a Time in Mexico </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Soundtrack album by various artists </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Released </Th> <Td> September 2003 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Soundtrack Rock Latin rock </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Length </Th> <Td> 51: 44 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> Milan Records </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Robert Rodriguez film soundtrack chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Spy Kids 3 - D: Game Over (2003) Spy Kids 3 - D: Game Over 2003 </Td> <Td> Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) </Td> <Td> Sin City (2005) Sin City 2005 </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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