Rodriguez, who rejected Alba for a role when she was 17, went on to direct her in 'Spy Kids: All the Time in the World', 'Sin City' and 'Machete' movies, reported Contactmusic.
"I met her when she auditioned for me at 17. She was too young for this role for this movie I was doing but I kept my eye on her because she was of the few Latin actresses I saw trying to break through. I encouraged her and said, 'Keep going, keep going'.
"But I knew I liked Jessica and I wanted to work with her so I went, 'You know you're just gonna have to create a Nancy'. She created something that even inspired ('Sin City' creator) Frank (Miller) to write this next story for her. She created almost something new with him.
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