This just in, Danny Trejo let's a man who believes vaginas dont get wet boss him around.
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Thanks for sharing!
But I have to to say: "read your contracts" or the script.
I mean, I can totally see this happening but my pitty of a (relatively) rich guy being taken advantage of is... Limited.
If this is so important then breach the contract.
I didn't see how this changes something?
He's 82 fgs! This totally sounds like they scammed him.
His representation should have caught this and should be fired. This is 100% their job.
Its easy to believe that but then I think about how many people ended up on the Eric Andre show without having any idea about what it actually is and its like... That one you can just look up, if you're really trying to hide shit it seems like you can get away with it by just being vague as hell.
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And that's when you leave. When you find out you're actively being scammed.
Shit man, they may even have a case for a lawsuit against the production company if they all got together.
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Stuff can come across vastly differently between the original script and the final product.
If they didn't find out Ben was involved until two weeks into shooting then he probably wasn't initially involved or they hid his involvement. Reading the contract doesn't help if they lie to you or change things after signing.
If they lied or changed things after signing, then it might be plausible they already broke the terms of the contract.
But I have to to say: "read your contracts" or the script.
Neither helps in situations like this. A script can be fully rewritten after you are contractually obligated, and a standard, boilerplate, movie contract would include language to not allow the actor to hurt or abandon the project.
I feel like that's something the actors' union can and should fight against
They could’ve written both the contract and the description of the script in an obscured way that still passed the lawyer test. Not trying to give a rich person an out, and instead trying to illustrate how shitty the Daily Wire and Ben Shapiro are.
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Oh no guys, the contract says he can't do anything. I guess the contract supercedes his ethics and morals and physically prevents him from leaving the set.
Give me a fucking break. Fuck the contract.
They handcuffed him. Handcuffed!!!
Yeah. Fucking stand up for yourself
I figured there had to be shenanigans afoot. He's always come off as a decent man, aside from his prison time.
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It’s like the Ed Sheeran thing all over again. What’s the point of having “fuck you” money if you don’t say “fuck you” to fascists?
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While I fully believe the daily wire did some shady ass shit, I'm pretty sure Danny was more willing than he's trying to make it seem.
He chooses his roles, he owns resturants, he has hundreds of acting credits and plenty of money. He can afford to walk away if he actually believed what he says.
He always plays bad guys, his son said it was the chance of playing a good guy for once that made him rush in. He's 82 ffs this is elder abuse.
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Every single one of these actors could choose, at any moment, to just walk off set.
They're wealthy as fuck. Back out of the contract and Take the hit. Have some fucking morals, you can absolutely afford it.
No respect for any of these actors who continued working after finding out who was behind it.
In fact, if they really did dupe them, they might be able to get out of the contract without having to pay anything. And they'd probably get a ton of great press to boot.
From what I read, a significant number of the crew bailed as soon as they found out. Working people who most certainly need the money more than any of the actors I've seen listed.
Shameful.
From what I read in another article he’s in a lot of debt and filed for bankruptcy not too long ago. I want to assume the people that walked off set don’t owe millions of dollars.
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Dude worked with them before on Mr. Birchum.
Dude knew what he was getting into and famously he just takes jobs for money without questions. No shade, actor's got to act and make money and he's not the only one that just takes on roles without much thought to them.
Just take money and the backlash man. FAFO.
There's a post doing the rounds on reddit right now how he takes any role including the most ridiculous shit to "support up and coming film creators". Like give me a fucking break.
trejo couldve done any number of low-budget cameo roles in hollywood, that wouldnt damage his reputation. but he basically did this as his core beliefs.
he was not duped, he worked for daily wire on SEVERAL occasions by that time already.
Duped? I find that hard to believe. I mean, has no one seen some of the other movies he's been in? Machete in an ICE uniform... ICE has never been "good guys" and to be honest I already assumed he was a shithead just from that. This whole "good guys vs bad guys" crap was why Latino support for ICE and Trump had been so high leading into the 2024 election (also, Latino membership in ICE is fairly high). I think Trejo knew exactly what this movie was about. And if he's having second thoughts it's only because of how bad the optics have become for ICE, not that he doesn't still believe in it.
Alternatively, sure, let's say he was tricked. I mean, he's not getting hired for roles based on his acting skills so much as what he symbolizes, given his backstory. And I do think that's part of the problem here because it might cloud his judgement: he might think he's just playing himself for the umpteenth time, but I'm not sure he quite gets that for racists, his roles are confirmation of their stereotypes.
I can't sympathize with a man this rich lol. Good gods, I agree with everyone else here saying that he can't really be this helpless. I am sure I have heard about actors breaking contract, becoming un-directable, sabotaging productions, etc. He could push to get fired. Hell, if it's all as fishy as people claim, sue. Why care? Even if Shapiro has enough clout to ruin his chances of acting again (yeah, right), he's in his 80s. He can't retire already?
I'm not fucking buying it either. Seen how internet has suddenly been flooded with feel-good Danny Trejo stories?
If he contractually can't say anything bad about the movie, production, Shapiro, etc. he needs to heavily lean in to very publicly trashing everything else around it. Every appearance about the movie should be immediately redirected to how horrendous this Administration and everything it is doing is. Make it known how hateful and cowardly he thinks all of them are, making sure to only refrain from mentioning the things he's contractually obligated to stay silent on.
Every press junket for this movie that Danny does should come out looking like a rally commercial for Talerico.
Every side of this story is on brand. I 100% believe those MAGA fucks scammed an old man into making their racist trash by weaponising what he holds dear.
What a title
I’m betting the “criminals must die” clause isn’t invoked for this one.
Another family of leopards may feast.
Oh more damage control I see. I've seen the internet suddenly circlejerking all over Danny Trejo since this thing hit.
The internet has been doing that because the guy is legit nice, and fairly uneducated. He's the kind of person I'd believe he got duped, especially since daily wire isn't exactly known for ethics and morals
Danny Trejo is a guy who had an abusive father who taught him in the most textbook way of "toxic masculinity". For a very long time Trejo kept up that sort of tough guy alpha male behaviour until, quite late in his life, he pretty much broke it all down learning it's complete bullshit.
Since then he's been trying to turn his life around. Trying to be more open and sensitive, trying to undo the things inside him that were put there by his father.
So... I do t blame the Internet for giving this guy the benefit of the doubt.
Didn’t the same thing happen to someone else recently? A female actor had no idea that the project she was signed onto was pro-MAGA and dipped out as soon as she realized. I forget who it was, though.
It happened with the America 250 celebration thing. Almost all of the musical acts dropped out when they learned how divisive and political it was. Pretty sure they were duped into thinking it was a bipartisan “celebration” of America or something.
There was a video on it, maybe Legal Eagle? They covered that it had an independent group running it initially, and I think when the contracts were signed. Then they basically stripped all their powers and gave it to a different Trump appointed group to manage.
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It was going to be, until trump won 2025 and wanted to put his stink on it.
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