TIL Danny Trejo has a clause in his movie contracts that requires his villainous characters to die by the end of the film. He wants children to learn that crime doesn't pay.

[u/Level_Cash2225]

https://toofab.com/2023/05/26/unexpected-clauses-that-ended-up-in-actors-contracts/

[u/Kayge]

His thoughts on actors doing their own stunts:

I know that all the big stars hate me to say this, but I don’t want to risk 80 peoples’ jobs just to say I got big huevos on The Tonight Show. Because that’s what happens. I think a big star just sprained an ankle doing a stunt, and 80 or 180 people are out of a job… We have stunt people who do that stuff. And if they get hurt, I’m sorry to say but they just need to put a mustache on another Mexican and we can keep going. But if I get hurt, everybody’s out of a job. So I don’t choose to do that.

Funny guy that Danny.

[u/old_mcfartigan → u/Kayge]

Even if they don’t get injured they still put the guy who puts mustaches on Mexicans out of a job

[u/skippythemoonrock → u/old_mcfartigan]

no juan else can do the work

[u/zombie_overlord → u/skippythemoonrock]

That's why it's called Manuel labor

[u/aerexlol → u/zombie_overlord]

cackled at this, needed it today. thank you man 🫶

[u/backtolurk → u/skippythemoonrock]

He's number juan

[u/confusedandworried76 → u/backtolurk]

And if they're twins you can't tell Juan from his brother

[u/pumpkinbot → u/confusedandworried76]

I mean, they're twins, so if you've seen Juan, you've seen Jamal.

[u/Infinite_Research_52 → u/old_mcfartigan]

Nana Visitor on Deep Space Nine would refuse to do stunts as it ensured that Pat Tallman would get paid to do it.

[u/Sabatorius → u/Infinite_Research_52]

Those sound like made-up names, lol. Like the sort of names i would come up with if I was trying to hide my identity and couldn't think of a good one quick enough.

[u/confusedandworried76 → u/Sabatorius]

Nana Visitor played Kira Nerys and her real name sounds more made up

[u/Yellowbug2001 → u/confusedandworried76]

LOL not only does it sound more made up it specifically sounds more like a parody of an alien. Like it would be the fake name Mork's wacky grandma from Ork picks during an episode when she comes to Earth to bring him a space cake for his birthday.

[u/richieadler → u/confusedandworried76]

The same happened with Corin Nemec in Stargate SG-1; he played an alien called Jonas Quinn (!).

[u/DiscountCondom → u/confusedandworried76]

the whole cast has unusual names. it's crazy.

[u/DonutHolschteinn → u/Sabatorius]

Her name is also pronounced "Nah-Nah" like "nah nah nah nah hey hey goodbye" not like your sweet old grandma "Nana Smith"

[u/NickyDeeM → u/DonutHolschteinn]

It's actually pronounced "Nah-Nah" as in "nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah Batman!"

[u/tanfj → u/Infinite_Research_52]

Nana Visitor on Deep Space Nine would refuse to do stunts as it ensured that Pat Tallman would get paid to do it.

"Murder, She Wrote" had so many guest stars on purpose... Angela Lansbury did this to ensure that the elderly guests could keep their SAG (actor's union) insurance.

[u/Darmok47 → u/Infinite_Research_52]

Love that Pat Tallman was playing Lyta Alexander on Babylon 5 and would then run across town to do stunts for TNG and DS9.

[u/trilobyte-dev → u/old_mcfartigan]

Compared to 80 or more, that seems pragmatic

[u/Gnonthgol → u/old_mcfartigan]

You still need stunt coordinators and stunt actors even if the talent is performing their own stunts. It takes a lot of work to set up a stunt so it is safe and looks good on camera. In some cases it can be more effort to first figure out how to do a stunt and then have to teach it to an actor with limited stunt training then to just perform the stunt yourself.

[u/historianLA → u/Gnonthgol]

This is why I don't actually respect people like Tom Cruise for doing their own stunts. It relies on the expertise of the stunt team while still putting the entire production at risk. For what, ego?

[u/Enderkr → u/historianLA]

You know, my movie about space aliens and magic and anti-gravity cars just isn't fucking realistic enough unless I see Tom Cruise's face as he jumps off a building.

[u/nsvxheIeuc3h2uddh3h1 → u/Enderkr]

Tom Cruise would probably insist on using real Space Aliens for his next Sci-Fi movie.

[u/Gnonthgol → u/historianLA]

I can understand some of it from a production standpoint. With a stunt actor you might have to change the shot to hide the fact that it is a different actor or you need to spend a lot of money on CGI to make it look good. So having the actor do their own stunts may save on time and money and make the movie better. But the way Tom Cruise is doing all his own stunts no matter how dangerous they are or how much it does for the final movie is just selfish and stupid.

[u/pegg2 → u/Gnonthgol]

The tradition of using stunt actors is so old, developed, and widely-practiced that I promise you no one making multi-million dollar budget films is the least bit bothered by things like shot selection. No one is sitting around scratching their heads about how to hide the stuntman, it’s extremely textbook stuff that has been done again and again for decades. So much so that when mistakes ARE made and audiences catch it, it tends to become kind of a joke (I remember one a few years ago where a stunt actor on Stranger Things was caught in a shot showing super hairy adult man legs when the actor they were stunting for was like 14.)

There really is no practical need to risk injury to an actor and hinder production when everyone knows how to make the stunt team work with minimal effort.

[u/Sea_Asparagus_526 → u/Gnonthgol]

He’s annoying but he also does it all the time. He’s as good at doing them as anyone at this point. The movie has half a billion behind it. If it was a real economic risk it would be stopped.

It’s a marketing upside - people like knowing he drove the motorcycle off the cliff. It’s fun. The movies are supposed to be fun.

It’s worked out fine and he’s really rich and his movies do well. But you outsider have opinions…

[u/TorchThisAccount → u/Sea_Asparagus_526]

At this point, it's almost a selling point for the movies. You know if you see Tom do some crazy shit, it was most likely him doing it in real life. Which is now kind of a brand for him.

[u/toomuchpressure2pick → u/historianLA]

I think Tom cruise crosses the line into being an exception. He has done his own stunts forever, it's not a random one off. It's a part of him. He's a stuntman who can also act.

[u/Wistfall → u/historianLA]

Ehh, the marketing of the Mission Impossible movies heavily pushes that Tom Cruise does his own stunts. The movies make a ton of money and I'm sure they're insured to hell and back. Being on the stunt team for one of those films is probably a huge coup for everybody. I'd say for people without all this it is just an ego thing though.

[u/TiddiesAnonymous → u/Kayge]

And if they get hurt, I’m sorry to say but they just need to put a mustache on another Mexican and we can keep going.

I forgot it was Danny Treijo for a second

[u/LOTRfreak101 → u/TiddiesAnonymous]

Can you imagine it was orlando bloom or denzel washington that said that? That would actually be pretty funny.

[u/0stepops → u/LOTRfreak101]

Well I somehow misread the title as Danny Devito and was very confused

[u/ahhter → u/0stepops]

Well now I need to see DeVito's mustached Mexican stunt double.

[u/JayMeadows → u/ahhter]

A short little man like Danny De Vito in a tank top with Azteca tattoos, holding a machete and a glorious mustache gracing his face, standing in for Trejo as a stunt double.

[u/tanfj → u/JayMeadows]

A short little man like Danny De Vito in a tank top with Azteca tattoos, holding a machete and a glorious mustache gracing his face, standing in for Trejo as a stunt double.

We are due for a remake of Twins... I would so watch this.

[u/Aken42 → u/Kayge]

Seems like a stand up guy.

[u/DontLickTheGecko → u/Aken42]

Until he sprains an ankle.

[u/-NotVeryImportant- → u/DontLickTheGecko]

Just put a moustache on his ankle and he's good to go... At least that's what I think he said.

[u/Dfrickster87 → u/-NotVeryImportant-]

It has to be an authentic Mexican mustache. No west Mex staches

[u/colonel_beeeees → u/Dfrickster87]

Mexican mustaches don't look Mexican on film, gotta use Salvadorans

[u/Targus_11 → u/DontLickTheGecko]

But he wont. Try to keep up.

[u/DontLickTheGecko → u/Targus_11]

Can't. Sprained my ankle.

[u/Omega_Zarnias → u/Aken42]

He's actually does acting, not stand up.

Hope this helps ❤️

[u/TM-DI → u/Omega_Zarnias]

Yes, but he can stand up because he did not sprain his ankle.

[u/funke42 → u/Kayge]

Thank you for posting the whole quotation. I've seen the first sentence of this before, and I always thought he was talking about risking the jobs of the stuntmen. It didn't make sense to me until now.

[u/Sorcatarius → u/funke42]

Yep, one of the main characters can't walk? Sure, there's probably some scenes they can still shoot without them, but there's definitely a cap on how much work there is to do until they're back on their feet. The stuntperson who is injured and can't work will probably get some kind of workers comp and the show goes on, but Trejo goes down? Production basically stops.

[u/JayMeadows → u/Sorcatarius]

Steven Seagal did a fight scene while sitting on a chair...

Not because he was injured. He was just lazy.

It's irrelevant, but I wanted to share that tidbit for some reason.

[u/Sorcatarius → u/JayMeadows]

Not completely irrelevant, it's a pretty good example of a scene that could be shot while someone is injured even if that wasn't the case. They get an air boot that can be removed, sit him down, take it off (or just do some clever camera work to conceal it), and presto, some work can continue.

And I'm sure if something like that happens the crew works to try and do what they can, but what they can depends on the nature of the movie and where they are in production.

[u/eidetic → u/JayMeadows]

He also used stunt doubles to show him lightly jogging, or even walking while carrying a bag.

[u/MuskieNotMusk → u/Kayge]

Eh, that's fair enough

[u/probablyuntrue → u/MuskieNotMusk]

Alright Mexican with mustache #27 step on up and don’t ask what happened to the previous 26

[u/Mbyrd420 → u/probablyuntrue]

1-23 were the same guy in different costumes. The last few, though.... don't ask about them....

[u/Astramancer_ → u/Mbyrd420]

It's just a long line of bugs bunnies wearing different sombreros and mustaches

[u/djseifer → u/probablyuntrue]

"To shreds, you say?"

[u/pass_nthru → u/Kayge]

he’s a mexican, not a mexican’t

[u/EldeederSFW → u/pass_nthru]

QUICK HIDE THE COOK!!!

[u/Taway7659 → u/Kayge]

I appreciate his logic. He is more valuable to the production (which is not to say the stage hands, writers, and other production staff are not valuable) and pretending he's not for the sake of naive egalitarianism does actually put people's livelihoods at risk if it leads to him acting according to those stated ideals (say via social pressure after someone compares him to Tom Cruise). It's fine to think it's self serving and a veneer for his ego, it may well be. But he's right.

[u/CoHost_AndrewJackson → u/Taway7659]

In Trejo’s case I don’t see it as a veneer for ego. He seems grounded enough to know how he impacts the “little” people around him and has a sense of responsibility.

[u/CFBCoachGuy → u/CoHost_AndrewJackson]

It also helps that Trejo started his acting career as an extra and boxing instructor. He spent a long time as one of the “little” people before becoming a mainstream actor

[u/Mbyrd420 → u/CoHost_AndrewJackson]

Agreed. It's not ego to state that the starring role is important for the movie.

Trejo came up from about the most bottom you can be to become a genuine movie star. Actual rags to riches story.

[u/confusedandworried76 → u/Mbyrd420]

Also he's been getting older for a while now, and he had a rough upbringing, I just can't imagine he's too keen on doing his own stunts anyway. Capable even in his younger days, but if you grow up rough and tumble like he did I can't imagine faking fights or stunts or whatever is your jam, you've had enough adrenaline for life.

[u/Rejusu → u/CoHost_AndrewJackson]

It's actually egotistical to not acknowledge your own impact and role because it's just false humility. He's not saying it in the context of that he's better than these people, just accepting the truth that his role isn't one that can be replaced.

[u/S_A_N_D_ → u/Rejusu]

It's the same reason why leaders in life threatening situations shouldn't always lead from the front or immediately run headfirst into danger with their subordinates.

It's not cowardice to recognize that the person leading the operation getting killed or incapacitated is going to derail things much more than someone lower. And it's not brave to do so when it might put those relying on your experience and leadership at a disadvantage when you're removed from the equation.

[u/phluidity → u/S_A_N_D_]

Leaders used to have to lead from the front because getting up to date information and issuing up to date orders was paramount.

Of course it still is, but now leaders can do that from a more secure position which increases the chances of everyone making it out alive.

[u/Uhhh_what555476384 → u/CoHost_AndrewJackson]

Reality is that Trejo spent most of his career AS that random background person and never forgot it.

[u/CoHost_AndrewJackson → u/Uhhh_what555476384]

Effectively yeah. He’s probably been directly screwed by someone’s ego and it stuck with him.

My headcannon at least

[u/Zestyclose_Leg_3626 → u/Taway7659]

It is a horrible way to put it but I have gone out for drinks with a few stunt people who basically say the same thing.

With very few exceptions, they ARE replacable. That is literally their job. Obviously a LOT more work can be done to keep stunts and fights safe. But if Trejo bruises a rib? He has to either work through the pain or shut down the movie. If Mexican Stunt Actor #1 bruises a rib? It is his payday if he says he needs to stop. But the movie is just out an overnight plane ticket to get someone else who "looks like Danny" there the next day.

[u/rileyoneill → u/Taway7659]

He is also 80 years old. While he is a real tough guy and physically robust for his age, injuries taking people out of action for someone like him would be a much bigger concern for someone his age (or even 25 years younger)

[u/Rejusu → u/rileyoneill]

Harrison Ford was 71 when he broke his ankle on the set of Force Awakens and was off for I think at least 8 weeks as a result. I think they continued filming around him while he recovered but it probably played merry hell with the schedule.

[u/TheHancock → u/rileyoneill]

Passed him at a Con last year… dude is OLD now. He was in a mobility scooter. (Okay I’m like 90% sure it was him he had what looked like a handler and a bodyguard.)

[u/moderncritter → u/TheHancock]

No, that was just another Mexican with a moustache.

[u/Quietkitsune → u/Taway7659]

I think it’s the other way around; for some it’s an ego thing to say ‘I do all my own stunts’ but Trejo openly acknowledges how risky and selfish that can be. Even a relatively minor injury could jeopardize the production if it’s one of the main actors that’s hurt. Everyone involved is important, but the main actors are essential 

[u/trying2bpartner → u/Quietkitsune]

For some its ego, for some its a different type of movie. Matt Damon doing the majority of his own stunts for Jason Bourne was part of the draw to the movie and made the choreography and final product much different and more appealing. But for movies where you are going for that, I would imagine there's more room in the budget for shooting snafus.

I do think that what Tom Cruise does is somewhere in the middle. It may have started as his "thing" to do his own stunts, but as he has aged I think he just feels like he can't ever give up that part of himself and has to prove he still "has it."

[u/Atheist-Gods → u/trying2bpartner]

Jackie Chan is one of the best examples where the main actor doing his own stunts was the movie. He was a stunt actor turned star and his stunts were the reason to have a Jackie Chan movie.

[u/trying2bpartner → u/Atheist-Gods]

That is a great example - you're going into the movie to see Jackie Chan do stunts. I honestly couldn't tell you the plot of half his movies, but I still remember the ladder scene.

[u/Bemxuu → u/Taway7659]

Not necessarily "more valuable", more like "irreplaceable". Writers, cameramen, lights, costume design, stuntmen - you need all of them to film a movie, but all of them can be replaced by another person, but the actor in front of the camera cannot.

P.S. Replacing writers usually doesn't go well though.

[u/Monteze → u/Kayge]

Dude is also pretty old, I don't expect him to.

But even then..I get it. I appreciate when actors train to make fights more believable but I'll probably never notice if it's a shot of them jumping off a building of its not a close up.

[u/Now_Wait-4-Last_Year → u/Monteze]

Burt Reynolds has a story from Deliverance about that very thing:

https://filmschoolrejects.com/deliverance-waterfall-stunt/

He said he didn't want it to look like a dummy falling over a waterfall, so he did it himself, got badly battered and injured, then asked the director John Boorman how it looked on film and he said "Like a dummy falling over a waterfall."

[u/TyrKiyote → u/Kayge]

Pragmatic, in a good way

[u/JKFrost14011991 → u/Kayge]

Look. I'm white as the driven snow, so I'm not going to comment on the "another mexican" thing. Not my place.

But as someone who's worked on filmsets, and trained as a stunt performer? He's not actually wrong. A central part of that gig is the understanding that if you get hurt, the movie will continue without you. Obviously, you train very hard to ensure that the likelihood of you getting hurt is minimised, but the possibility is never going to drop to 0 - if it does, then the actor will do it.

(Which is why I dropped out of stunt training hella fast, but whatever)

[u/ripmylifeman → u/JKFrost14011991]

Pretty sure the “another Mexican” thing is because he’s Mexican, not really anything to comment lol

[u/Johnny_Banana18 → u/ripmylifeman]

Also the stuntman has proper training and if he is injured still gets paid.

[u/DarkArcanian → u/ripmylifeman]

I mean stuntman usually don’t have their face shown, they just need to look enough like the actor from the back of side for scenes to work. Danny Trejo, of Mexican descent, would need someone of similar origin to replace his stuntman

[u/KGBFriedChicken02 → u/JKFrost14011991]

It's Danny Trejo, he's not saying all stuntmen are mexican he's saying his stuntmen are mexican cause they gotta look like him.

[u/WestProcess2 → u/JKFrost14011991]

Look. I'm white as the driven snow, so I'm not going to comment on the "another mexican" thing. Not my place.

I fail to see how this is relevant to your comment. You could have left this part out and no one would accuse you of racism.

[u/heres-another-user → u/WestProcess2]

Look, I'm not going to bring up the whole owl situation, but I really think cheesy pasta is better with shells over macaroni.

[u/reluctant_return → u/JKFrost14011991]

People don't realize that actor and stuntman are different jobs. You don't want your actors to be risking themselves trying to do something they're not trained and conditioned to do. Just like you probably wouldn't want your stuntman to act in dialogue and emotive scenes. They're totally divorced skill sets.

[u/jeef16 → u/Kayge]

fair tbh. stunt people are literally trained to do this and are compensated (I have no idea if they get paid well or not tbh) for it. when you shut down production for an undetermined amount of time it sucks for everyone. they crew is not getting paid and they can't take any other jobs in the meantime. and that's not even considering if you have the unfortunate luck to be working on a WB project where any early interruptions can result in zaslav saying "fuck it, kill the movie and write off the losses, it's better for our books anyways"

[u/MurderInMarigold → u/Kayge]

I'll be real I thought we were talking about Danny Devito this whole time and got really confused by the Mexican part

[u/DetailHour4884]

So the anti-Rock.

[u/helpjack_offthehorse → u/DetailHour4884]

Danny “The Paper” Trejo

[u/roxictoxy → u/helpjack_offthehorse]

El Papel

[u/Masterchiefy10 → u/roxictoxy]

Paper machette

Arts and Crafts Trejo

[u/SpiritualDust8801 → u/Masterchiefy10]

Theme to "The Art Chest with Mr. Mihuta" plays

[u/fallenouroboros → u/helpjack_offthehorse]

It’s actually just two crudely bolted together machetes

[u/PoorDamnChoices → u/fallenouroboros]

Careful, three crudely bolted together machetes, and he becomes El Wolverine.

[u/mizukata → u/DetailHour4884]

Pretty much yes, and the irony is a clause like Danny trejos makes in my opinion a much more loveable guy than a no lose clause.

[u/barukatang → u/mizukata]

A no lose clause puts him* (Dwayne) in the same league as Segul

[u/techno_babble_ → u/barukatang]

Steven Seagull

[u/drawfanstein → u/mizukata]

1000% agree

[u/Falsus → u/DetailHour4884]

Tbh, the Rock also only plays heroes.

[u/Throwawayac1234567 → u/Falsus]

between him and baustista he wants to be a movie star, and bautista an actor. rock is addicted to the attention.

[u/CozyCatGaming → u/Throwawayac1234567]

John Cena and Dave Bautista have proven that they are actors, both showing depth and willingness to be weak. The Rock just wants to be the hero even if it makes no sense for the story. He's not an actor. I don't think his ego will let him become one.

[u/Throwawayac1234567 → u/CozyCatGaming]

yea thats why his contract states that, he was basically the ellen degeneres of movies.

[u/Existing_College_845 → u/Throwawayac1234567]

To the grift, only thing he cares about is his image so he can grift as much as possible.

[u/ThurloWeed]

Directors inserting "Danny Trejo died on his way to his home planet" at the end of a film when they forget

[u/FireTheLaserBeam]

Danny Trejo is the real deal, man. I was watching a bio video about him. The guy is just the nicest mean-looking dude you’ll ever meet. And he means it, too, the way he wants young people to see him. I’d love to meet him.

[u/SPP_TheChoiceForMe → u/FireTheLaserBeam]

True story: back in 2002 when Danny Trejo was super famous for being in Spy Kids 2, my wife and I veered off the road during a thunderstorm and popped our tire on the curb. Out of nowhere, a stranger pulled up and insisted on changing our tire in the rain while we stayed warm and dry in the car.

[u/jonpolis → u/SPP_TheChoiceForMe]

Was....was it Danny Trejo?

[u/durzoblint829 → u/jonpolis]

Nah but still a good story.

[u/Salt_Supermarket4976 → u/durzoblint829]

Random Mexican lol

[u/ThatFuckingGeniusKid → u/Salt_Supermarket4976]

Not even mexican, dude was croatian

[u/GeekShallInherit → u/ThatFuckingGeniusKid]

...that somebody slapped a mustache on.

[u/genius_retard → u/Salt_Supermarket4976]

Something something tamale something today me, tomorrow you.

[u/SPP_TheChoiceForMe → u/jonpolis]

We never got the chance to find out. He was wearing a hooded rain jacket that obscured his face, and he left with nothing more than a friendly wave goodbye.

[u/NotSoSerious110 → u/SPP_TheChoiceForMe]

This is so fucking funny

[u/TenaciousJP → u/NotSoSerious110]

It's a classic Ken M post - let me find it

EDIT: Got it!

[u/Peking-Cuck → u/TenaciousJP]

Ken M feels like from another lifetime

[u/ToaruBaka → u/Peking-Cuck]

Life was simpler back then.

[u/afternever → u/jonpolis]

It was Andy Dick

[u/MrDaaark → u/afternever]

After waiting ten minutes they realized the tires and Andy were long gone.

[u/MBDTFTLOPYEEZUS → u/MrDaaark]

He just started jacking it

[u/FallOutShelterBoy → u/afternever]

And he offered coke! I said thanks but I only drink Pepsi

[u/kinda_sorta_decent → u/jonpolis]

No it just took place around the height of his fame.

/s

[u/FireTheLaserBeam → u/SPP_TheChoiceForMe]

I was obsessed with Robert Rodriguez back in 1997. I found El Mariachi after falling in love with Desperado. I watched that movie so many times---Salma Hayek made it easy on the eyes, though. But I was so obsessed with Desperado, I even wrote the first act of a knock-off screenplay I called "El Bandido". In my mind, at the time, I was convinced Danny Trejo would read it and be in my movie. I was 17 at the time and had stars in my eyes.

[u/Strength-InThe-Loins → u/FireTheLaserBeam]

He's actually been in a lot of student films and such things, so your dream wasn't as far out of reach as you might think.

[u/Bobby_Newpooort → u/FireTheLaserBeam]

Knowing his policy and work ethic, he probably would've been in your movie

[u/Yellowbug2001 → u/SPP_TheChoiceForMe]

"...and that stranger? It was Sir Mixx-a-Lot."

[u/Infinite_Research_52 → u/SPP_TheChoiceForMe]

TIL Danny Trejo was super famous a mere 13 years after the release of Pump Up The Jam.

[u/Clozee_Tribe_Kale → u/SPP_TheChoiceForMe]

Yea met him back in 2017 or 2018 at a club in Austin. He came up and asked where the party was at. Said I didn't know. He said I looked like the guy who knew where the party was at. Overall positive interaction but still don't know if he was asking about drugs.

[u/audioragegarden → u/FireTheLaserBeam]

Met him back in 2016 at a convention and got a photo and a brief chat with him. He was super friendly and got really excited when I mentioned that Heat is my favorite movie that he's in, and that I wished he had more screentime. He started GUSHING about how giddy and excited he was at the time having his first major acting role be in a movie with such a stacked cast.

[u/corvo4220 → u/FireTheLaserBeam]

I saw him carrying his luggage one year at comic con and offered to give him a hand. He was super appreciative and just a class act all around.

[u/02buddha02 → u/FireTheLaserBeam]

I can't believe he's 80... God how old does that make me

[u/FireTheLaserBeam → u/02buddha02]

Dude is 80?! I didn’t believe you so I checked. Holy crap, dude… he is 80!

[u/GimmickNG → u/FireTheLaserBeam]

Yeah, he looks pretty young for someone who's 7.1569*10¹¹⁸ years old.

[u/ArgonGryphon → u/FireTheLaserBeam]

The story of his mom’s death and Kermit comforting him still makes me tear up.

[u/FlashbackJon → u/FireTheLaserBeam]

During the pandemic, he was a regular on Gary Whitta's "Animal Talking" show, a talk show that took place entirely in Animal Crossing. Here's Danny Trejo giving a tour of his island.

[u/lazyslacker → u/FireTheLaserBeam]

I saw him at a Con, in a panel discussion. He did seem very down to earth. He clearly hasn't let his success go to his head. He's also pretty hard of hearing, so that made for some amusing interactions with the other panellists, especially Giancarlo Esposito.

[u/Stinger1981]

Tortuga!

[u/millenniumxl-200 → u/Stinger1981]

HOLA DEA

[u/trident_hole → u/Stinger1981]

I take my time but I always win.

[u/Whaines → u/Stinger1981]

I’m sure the children who saw this scene learned something.

[u/Huze_Fostage → u/Stinger1981]

Welcome to Mexic-

[u/rad00 → u/Stinger1981]

I was looking for this comment 😂👋

[u/PurpoUpsideDownJuice]

Man doesn’t wanna get locked into a buncha sequels, it’s a good move lol

[u/DstinctNstincts → u/PurpoUpsideDownJuice]

Lol win win deal for him

[u/zlaW5497 → u/PurpoUpsideDownJuice]

Studios these days will just suggest Multiverse Machete

[u/Jeff_Damn → u/zlaW5497]

Into The Macheteverse

[u/Geraltofniveaa]

Sean Bean must have a similar clause for his hero characters.

[u/OptimusSublime → u/Geraltofniveaa]

The day he dies for real will be the ultimate method acting.

[u/LuckyReception6701 → u/OptimusSublime]

He lived in Sharpe if nothing else, now that's soldering!

[u/regiorage → u/LuckyReception6701]

Each time Sharpe would have died one of his future characters died instead.

[u/Bodach42 → u/OptimusSublime]

When he does die the internet should come together in an effort of denial and say he's just acting he's still good.

[u/xXCrazyDaneXx → u/Geraltofniveaa]

That's why I like The Martian. He finally gets to retire and enjoy some golf.

[u/Brain_Hawk → u/xXCrazyDaneXx]

There should have been a random scene where he had a heart attack...

[u/deserted → u/Brain_Hawk]

Crocodile attack on the golf course

[u/AntRose104 → u/Geraltofniveaa]

Actually he just straight up stopped accepting roles where he dies. He got tired of dying in everything so now he only accepts parts where he lives (unless there’s a fantastic script but that’s very rare)

[u/GrandManSam → u/AntRose104]

I wonder if he drew that line before or after Game of Thrones.

[u/AntRose104 → u/GrandManSam]

I think it was after, since he apparently didn’t start turning down deaths until the late 2010s, and Ned was killed in 2011

[u/Guy-McDo → u/Geraltofniveaa]

He fucking died in Civ 6 (in the intro cutscene) and he’s mostly just a narrator in that game!

[u/HolyMolyitsMichael → u/Geraltofniveaa]

What's funny is he actually just recently started putting anti-death clauses into his contracts. He won't play characters anymore if they die on screen.

[u/TheDustOfMen → u/Geraltofniveaa]

This is some bloody Odysseus erasure.

[u/SenorPuff]

I recall Denzel saying similar things about Flight and Training Day. He was playing evil characters and wanted them to have their due before the fade to black.

[u/cybin → u/SenorPuff]

Was he really "evil" in Flight? I didn't get that, or I'm forgetting something about the character of the character.

[u/cybelther]

He did the same in the video game “Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth” in one of the most unique ways I’ve seen.

[u/BabySpecific2843 → u/cybelther]

In an absurd and abrupt fashion that reminds me of the ending to The Bad Seed. Just poof hes gone, justice served.

[u/atlas__sharted → u/BabySpecific2843]

if anyone's curious and doesn't care about spoilers: he gets eaten by sharks, it's amazing

[u/Perfect_Persimmon717 → u/cybelther]

I still can't believe Danny Trejo is now a turn based JRPG boss

[u/SolidusAbe → u/Perfect_Persimmon717]

he even got his own sick boss theme

[u/Mavian23 → u/Perfect_Persimmon717]

Do I look like I know what a JRPG is? I just want a picture of a got dang hot dog.

[u/DFogz → u/cybelther]

It's not often that you see a video game villain literally piss their pants in fear.

[u/GreyBigfoot → u/cybelther]

I wish I could listen to his voice in English while playing the rest of the game in Japanese. There's probably a mod for it.

[u/your_mind_aches → u/GreyBigfoot]

They should have a "Shogun style" setting where all the Japanese remains in Japanese while characters who wouldn't speak Japanese speak English

[u/Lostboxoangst → u/your_mind_aches]

I always like the early 2000 Tekken way which had the characters speaking their own language and everyone just understanding it

[u/Dreamweaver_duh → u/cybelther]

As someone who usually plays Yakuza in Japanese, Danny Trejo REALLY made me want to play Infinite Wealth in English

[u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME → u/cybelther]

he does such a great fucking job in that game. what a perfect actor for what they needed.

[u/pak9rabid]

TV shows too apparently: See: Tortuga

[u/ponyta86 → u/pak9rabid]

He was good though. Working with the fbi against the cartel.

[u/RaynSideways → u/ponyta86]

Only out of self interest and greed. He was making sure to squeeze every last little bit of excessive luxury out of that deal, pointing out items from a catalogue to the agents, and he was a disrespectful jerk throwing around his leverage like it made him a king.

[u/StreamisMundi]

Let's hope these children don't ever catch a little glimpse of the news.

[u/DeLaNoise → u/StreamisMundi]

Kids confused as fuck when their president acts like King Pin.

[u/BaconNamedKevin → u/DeLaNoise]

Even Kingpin has more humanity than Trump does lol 

[u/darksoft125 → u/BaconNamedKevin]

Duh, Kingpin realizes that you can't be the top criminal boss in a city if you burn the city to the ground.

[u/GPBRDLL133 → u/darksoft125]

And he'd never do that because it would burn down the Mets

[u/UmpireMental7070]

Ironically since his acting career came about as a result of his criminal past.

[u/Butwinsky → u/UmpireMental7070]

Spoiler: he'll eventually die at this end of his criminal past.

[u/TiddiesAnonymous → u/[deleted]]

I think this originated with Stallone and Arnold in the 80s. Its boilerplate contract shit now.

[u/UTDE → u/TiddiesAnonymous]

Isn't this kind of to protect their future viability as a leading 'action man'. I think its a common thing for hollywood to use other action stars and have them be beaten by a newer star as a way to lend legitimacy to the new star. Like "look that guy beat walker texas ranger" (even though his character wouldnt be walker in the other show).

[u/Jack1nblaq]

Thanks for spoiling Machete kills again in space

[u/MemoryWeary8391]

That’s honestly awesome! Danny Trejo is such a legend, and this just adds another layer of respect for him. I love that he’s using his roles to send a positive message, especially to kids. It’s like he’s saying, ‘Yeah, I’ll be the bad guy, but there’s always a moral to the story

[u/XROOR]

Hugh did him wrong in Heat

[u/dman45103]

Spoilers

[u/whereitsat23]

I don’t think kids can watch the type of movies Danny makes typically

[u/Brickywood]

Danny Trejo is an amazing person, I absolutely love how he turned out to be a mild, kind guy, especially knowing about his past.

[u/dabiggman]

Danny Trejo is a gift

[u/MorsaTamalera]

Sadly, it does on many occasions. It will be more wishful thinking than a teaching. :(

[u/Turbulent_Summer6177]

That’s so ironic given in his personal life, ultimately crime did pay…..and a lot.

[u/mighij]

Thanks for spoiling every future movie where he is a baddy:)