Salma Hayek and Antonio Banderas visit Mexico City to promote their latest film "Puss in Boots".br The character of Puss, made famous by Banderas in the "Shrek" film franchise, stepped into the spotlight with his very own film, joined by sultry love interest, Kitty Softpaws, played by Hayek.br Banderas said he was pleased to see Hispanic actors getting more positive roles in Hollywood.br SOUNDBITE: Antonio Banderas, actor, saying (Spanish):br "When we visualised the film in the United States, it happened that the two heroes from the film had hispanic accents and the villain in the film had an anglo-saxon accent. That is very important for Hispanic communities because that never happened a few years ago. I remember when we filmed The Mambo Kings in the United States, it was my first film there, some colleagues said to me: 'If you are going to stay to work in this market, you'll receive offerings to work as the bad guy, because we play drug traffickers, thieves, those are our roles.' That is changing."br Meanwhile, Mexico native Hayek says she admires the strength of the Mexican people faced with violence.br Since December 2006, more than 45,000 people have died in the country's war against drugs.br SOUNDBITE: Salma Hayek, actress, saying (Spanish):br "I'm very happy to be here in my country. Obviously the violence is sad for me and for everyone but I also admire the spirit of Mexicans who continue to try and dream of a change, with optimism to improve the situation."br Over the first two weekends, "Puss in Boots" has made $114.5 million U.S. dollars in total box office sales worldwide.br Alicia Powell, Reuters.