Arévalo was able to gain on set knowledge from Rodriguez who showed him how he was setting up his scenes during production. When Arévalo was filming his own scenes during Desperado as the character "The Opponent" he was shadowing Rodriguez who was more than helpful in parting his film knowledge to Arévalo.
Arévalo then used this to make his own $50k indie action film on location in Mexico on 35mm. The script for Mexican Bloodbath was written by Arévalo and had gone through several rewrites. The original budget was going to be a lot more but when the investor came up short Arévalo said,"Let's do it".
Arévalo then used this to make his own $50k indie action film on location in Mexico on 35mm. The script for Mexican Bloodbath was written by Arévalo and had gone through several rewrites. The original budget was going to be a lot more but when the investor came up short Arévalo said,"Let's do it".