Complete Cast of Machete Revealed

By Kevin Coll • August 5, 2009 • View Comments

Robert Rodriguez’s Machete started production this week and with that we get the full cast announcement. Many of these names have been rumored to be involved but now we have the official confirmation.

Aside from Danny Trejo, who will play Machete, the film also stars Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Steven Seagal, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson and Jeff Fahey. Rodriguez is directing with his protege Ethan Maniquis.

Rodriguez is continuing the trend arguably started by his friend Quentin Tarrantino with Pulp Fiction, getting a plethora of name actors to form a bulky ensemble of names to give many people reasons to see the movie. Ocean’s 11 is another example, and may be a better one, of that ensemble trend in Hollywood pulling various name actors into the same film. I am really excited about Machete as it reminds me already of films like From Dusk Till Dawn and the Mariachi trilogy.

Machete is the first non-studio production that Rodriguez has done since El Mariachi, his big hit that led to Desperado and his emergence as major director in Hollywood.  The film revolves around a Mexican ex-Federale with a gift for wielding a blade, who hides out as a day laborer, who is double-crossed by a corrupt state senator. The idea spawned from a fake trailer ran in between the Grindhouse films, Planet Terror and Death Trap.

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Kevin Coll

Kevin is a film freak, just ask him something movie related and he lights up like a Christmas tree. Originally his destiny was to go to film school, hit LA and try and become the next big thing. Circumstances change but in college, he fell in love with writing. After several failed attempts in starting a legit and hip school online magazine for his university Kevin moved into the blogosphere for himself and began Kevin’s Rant which in 2007 morphed into Fused Film. Kevin has contributed articles on other sites like Geeks of Doom and FilmShaft, he has also been a guest on podcasts for MovieViral and The Film Feed at FS.Net. His favorite movie of all time is Empire Strikes Back, he loves his Chucks, he is an avid Stargate fan and classic rock is his music scene. Email him at: kcoll@fusedfilm.com Follow His Twitter: FusedFilm