Spy Kids star Carla Gugino looks back on one major problem she had with her role in the film franchise. She played the kids' mother, Ingrid Cortez, alongside Antonio Banderas as their father.

At the New York City premiere of her latest film The Friend on March 24, Gugino told PEOPLE she still keeps in touch with some of her Spy Kids costars. “Antonio [Banderas], Alan Cumming ...

"Reverse everything," says Robert Rodriguez, the writer, director, production designer, composer, and everything else of Spy Kids 2, on how to make a special-effects summer movie feel easy and light.

Spy Kids could be the Next Big Thing ... Two kids (Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara) don't know their boring old parents (Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino) turn into secret agents after bedtime.

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams Ricardo Montalban, Antonio Banderas, Holland Taylor and Carla Gugino in Robert Rodriguez's SPY KIDS 2:THE ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS. Daryl Sabara and Alexa Vega ...

At the New York City premiere of her latest film The Friend on March 24, Gugino told PEOPLE she still keeps in touch with some of her Spy Kids costars. “Antonio [Banderas], Alan Cumming, who is a dear ...