Salma Hayek and Danny Trejo are fairly the dynamic duo. They met co-starring in Hayek’s first film, Mi Vida Loca, and would reunite two years later for one of many best Mexican movies, Desperado. As for the 2 stars’ first encounter with one another, it’s fairly an uncommon story, however a really candy one which ended with, “For you, I’d rob one other financial institution.”
Earlier than turning into an actor, Danny Trejo led the lifetime of an actual badass. When he was a teen, he was out and in of jail for armed robberies. Again in 2016, Salma Hayek spoke on The Graham Norton Present (by way of audiobookfanatic on Instagram) about assembly the actor on her movie debut, which led to a weird interplay:
And when he noticed me for the primary time and he ran in direction of me and ripped his shirt off. And he stated, ‘I knew you earlier than I knew you. I dreamt you earlier than I knew you.’
That’s undoubtedly not one thing you hear on a regular basis when assembly your co-star!
Funnily sufficient, there’s an excellent purpose why Danny Trejo felt he knew Salma Hayek earlier than starring in Mi Vida Loca. Right here’s what else went down of their unusual alternate with a really candy ending:
And certain sufficient, there was an image of a lady that appears precisely like me. That physique was a bit bit higher, however let’s fake. Precisely like me in his chest. […] And he stated, ‘I simply obtained out of jail and I’m glad. However for you, I’d rob one other financial institution.’
I can solely think about what an irregular expertise that was for Salma Hayek to see a lady who appeared identical to her on Danny Trejo’s chest! And in a manner, it’s a kinda…candy proclamation to say he’d rob one other financial institution for her. However happily, the actor’s armed theft days are lengthy over.
Trejo has since made a reputation for himself in movie and tv, owns a sequence of eating places in L.A., and has a line of upcoming films he’ll seem in.
Plus since their first assembly, he and Hayek have starred in lots of nice Robert Rodriguez films like Desperado, From Nightfall Til Daybreak, As soon as Upon a Time in Mexico and Spy Children 3-D: Recreation Over, additionally they had unforgettable cameos in Muppets Most Wished. So, perhaps it was destiny for the 2 to satisfy.
Now, I actually cannot recover from this story. Simply once I thought I had heard all the wild tales on the market, I discover out Danny Trejo has a big tattoo on his chest that resembles the girl he’d ultimately co-star with in six films. Nevertheless, he was clearly very taken with working with Salma Hayek, feeling he’d “rob one other financial institution” for her.
Whether or not the Machete actor realized it or not, his admiration for the actress had turn out to be completely enshrined not simply with the films they made collectively, but additionally, humorously sufficient, within the ink on his chest. Now, you may check out our 2025 film releases to see what they’re every engaged on subsequent whereas we wait and see in the event that they collaborate once more.