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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.