Danny Trejo is infamous for enjoying badass. characters, equivalent to a vampire within the 1996 movie From Nightfall Until Daybreak. “That is full circle,” says the 80-year-old Sons of Anarchy actor, along with his signature raspy giggle, about internet hosting Mysteries Unearthed, a TV present on uncovering buried mysteries.
Premiering Friday, December 6 on Historical past Channel, every intriguing hour of this eight-part sequence has a theme, like “chamber of secrets and techniques,” which digs up all the pieces from forgotten tombs (you’ll see the inspiration for a scene from Raiders of the Misplaced Ark!) to an historical metropolis’s priceless treasure trove. Trejo provides us extra grime.
Which buried discover impressed you probably the most?
Danny Trejo: I adore it after they uncover something — a flag from the Civil Conflict, previous stamps, letters. It’s my first time [hosting for History] and I’m so excited as a result of the one factor I watch is the information, sports activities, or a historical past program.
What’s the key to an awesome historical past present?
Make it attention-grabbing. My historical past instructor, Mrs. Finley, at Elysian Heights Grammar College in [Los Angeles], she made all the pieces attention-grabbing. I wasn’t scholar. I bought in plenty of hassle. I went to jail, all that stuff. However I’ve by no means forgotten the stuff she taught me; 50 years later, I used to be doing a movie, Anaconda, and we had been on the Amazon River. Ice Dice, J. Lo, Eric Stoltz, and Jon Voight had been asking questions. I knew all of the solutions. I felt very proud.
Who impresses you as a number?
William Shatner. I really like The UnXplained [Season 7 premiered on History on October 4 ]. He’s a hero of mine. “Scotty, we’d like a dilithium crystal!”
Have you ever ever personally unearthed something?
Me and Cheech Marin [went] crystal looking in a Sizzling Springs, Arkansas, mine. Cheech’s spouse discovered a crystal price about eight grand. When I discovered one baby, I gave the impression of an 8-year-old lady. My voice went up about eight octaves! [Another time] I used to be doing a movie in Mexico, and [I saw] proper subsequent to this cathedral, they had been uncovering a pyramid!
Mysteries Unearthed With Danny Trejo, Sequence Premiere, Friday, December 6, 10/9c, Historical past Channel