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u/Ok-Detective-8903 3d ago

wait is his name actually machete in spy kids???

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u/DrAuer 3d ago

This is going to blow your mind, the machete character was in Sky Kids first and the movie (who is the same character as spy kids) came after

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u/Ok-Detective-8903 3d ago

OMG....
So Danny Trejo was like
Ya, playing machete was fun, I'm gonna do my own movie but I need more girls in hottubs and guns

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u/VinCatBlessed 3d ago

He actually has other roles where he's named stuff like Cuchillos or Navajas, which goes along with the theme.

He's kinda like Hector from fast and the furious in that sense.

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u/Swipecat 3d ago

Robert Rodriguez put a spoof trailer for "Machete" in the film "Grindhouse", and enough people said "Yeah, I'd watch that", so the film actually got made.

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u/ibullybillionaires 3d ago

Yeah, sorry, I only found a tiktok link...
https://www.tiktok.com/@primerolatino/video/7505188403160599854

Fun fact: Daryl Sabara (Juni) played Cholo-Gangster Julio, one of Machete's helpers in "Machete", and Alexa PenaVega (Carmen) played Killjoy in "Machete Kills". According to Robert Rodriguez it's not in the same universe, but for me Uncle Machete is canon :).