Machete Trivia (2010)

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Machete Trivia

• Jessica Alba's nude shower scene was computer generated. Sorry.
• Jonah Hill was originally cast as Julio, but was replaced by Daryl Sabara.
• Danny Trejo and Steven Seagal have appeared together in two films prior to this: Marked for Death in 1990 and Urban Justice in 2007.
• This film is the first time in his career that Steven Seagal has played an outright villain.
• Tom Savini's character Osiris Amanpour is based directly on (Mr)Arash of the hip-hop group Diego Brown Project.
• Cheech Marin and Don Johnson have appeared previously in Tin Cup (1996) as well as being the co-stars of Nash Bridges, which aired its final episode in 2001.
• According to Rodriguez, after telling Trejo about the idea for the character, Trejo was so smitten with the idea that he would call Rodriguez constantly. Finally, Rodriguez demanded to know what Trejo didn't just text him. Trejo's response: "Machete don't text" appears in the movie.
• Robert Rodriguez is rumored to have filmed fully half the movie while filming the Grindhouse trailer.
• Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin and Jeff Fahey were all in the original Grindhouse trailer and all reprise their roles in this film.
• Actor Chris Cooper reportedly turned down the role of Senator McLaughlin in the movie saying "it's the most absurd thing I've ever read" after getting the script.
• Lindsay Lohan filmed her role in three days.
• This film marks the fifth time Danny Trejo has appeared as Machete.
• Robert Rodriguez reportedly wrote the script back in 1993
• Trejo previously played a character named Machete in Rodriguez's previous Spy Kids films.
• The film's idea originated from a trailer for a fictional film before the start of Grindhouse.
• This is Steven Seagal's first theatrical realease in the U.S since Half Past Dead (2001)