Danny Trejo – “A Book of Miracles” – TWP071 (UPDATED)

The Well

Anson Mount & Branan Edgens

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.9 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

One day in 1968, Danny Trejo had hit rock bottom: solitary confinement at the Correction Training Facility, otherwise known as Soledad Prison. From that moment, he decided to change his life completely. During a live interview at DragonCon 2024, Danny tells Anson about the redemptive power in helping others.

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0:00.0	I'm Anson Mount.
0:21.6	In this podcast, we strive to bring you stories and interviews, not about the great works that enjoy the bright light of day, but about the hidden source that fuels their creation, that fuels everything.
0:34.6	Welcome to the Whel! Thank you. Thank you. Right.
1:00.5	Welcome to the Well.
1:01.4	I'm Anson Mount.
1:02.9	And I am Brandon Edgians.
1:11.0	Brandon, what's the first time that you can recall seeing Danny Trejo in a movie?
1:15.1	I'm not really sure because he's been so ubiquitous.
1:17.1	I feel like I saw him so many times.
1:19.0	He was kind of everywhere all at once.
1:26.9	Probably it was a Robert Rodriguez film. I'm pretty sure.
1:30.0	But I don't remember what the name of it was.
1:34.7	But can I just throw in very quickly?
1:35.5	Sure.
1:38.6	We'll get into this in the episode.
1:42.6	He was typecast for obvious reasons for a while.
1:46.4	The time that I remember getting the most joy out of Denny Trio performance, when I realized, I always liked him, first of all, I always liked
1:51.9	him. But when I loved him was when he showed up in Muppets Most Wanted. And he's so funny and so great in that.
2:03.2	Anyway, that's not quite the answer to your question.
2:05.9	Well, it's funny because I have pretty much the same question.
2:08.8	I can't recall the first time I saw Danny in a movie.
2:13.6	He's just kind of always been there.
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