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#347 - Danny Trejo - The Most Killed Man In Hollywood

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.74.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Danny Trejo is an actor and restaurateur.

Danny is one of the most recognisable faces in Hollywood history. He's just written a new memoir about his life and today we get to hear his craziest stories.

Expect to learn what it was like to meet Charles Manson in jail, who was the hardest guy on-set at Con Air, how Danny nearly ended up with the death penalty, whether he actually robbed Antonio Banderas, how he saved Keifer Sutherland from a psychopath and much more...

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0:00.0

What's happening people? Welcome back to the show. My guest today is the one and only

0:05.3

Danny Trejo. He's an actor and a restaurant her, plus he happens to probably have the most

0:10.8

recognizable face in Hollywood history. He's just written a new memoir about his life,

0:15.3

and today we get to hear his craziest stories from seven decades of doing mad shit.

0:20.8

Expect to learn what it was like to meet Charles Manson in jail, who the hardest guy on set at

0:26.5

Conair was how Danny nearly ended up with the death penalty, whether he actually robbed Antonio

0:32.1

Banderas, how he saved Kiefer Sutherland from a psychopath and much more. Like what is there to say?

0:39.6

You know, it's Danny Trejo, the guy who's a living legend, and for all that he was a hard man

0:44.4

in his early years and then played even harder men, I suppose, on screen in his roles. He is very

0:50.5

rounded. He's got a lot that he wants to try and give back, and I'm super glad that he's got

0:54.9

round to writing this memoir and I'm sure that you're going to really enjoy this episode today.

0:59.9

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1:04.8

make sure you do not miss an episode when they go live every Monday, Thursday and Saturday with

1:10.4

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1:16.7

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