I wonder who took Gidget the Chihuahua headshot?

Gidget the Chihuahua, whose Taco Bell commercials made her a star, has died. She was 15.

Gidget was the spokesperson in Taco Bell commercials from 1997 to 2000. While other dogs had bit parts, it was her bug-eyed, big-eared face that was seen pronouncing “Yo quiero Taco Bell,” Spanish for “I want Taco Bell,” in a male voice dubbed by Argentine actor Carlos Alazraqui.

Carlos Alazraqui was cast in the commercial by Terry Berland of Berland Casting, a Los Angeles and New York Casting office, mostly for human actors.

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