Line #1 Trivia/Machete


1	* AwesomeDearBoy:
2	** Robert [=DeNiro=] accepted the role of Senator [=McLaughlin=] purely because he thought it would be fun to not have to take such a character seriously.
3	** Lindsay Lohan agreed to play April because she found the character's arc "cool".
4	* TheDanza: A variation. Don Johnson plays the similarly named "Von Jackson".
5	* {{Defictionalization}}: It began its life as a fake trailer attached to ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}''. Rodriguez was planning on making it a direct-to-DVD movie in the first place, however, but was eventually convinced to make it for theatrical release.
6	* DeletedRole: Two separate examples, seen in DVD deleted scenes:
7	** Sartana had a slutty identical twin sister, also played by Jessica Alba by split-screen, who was constantly whacked out on [=NyQuil=]. The two lived together and greatly disliked each other.
8	** Osiris had a female partner named Boots [=McCoy=] (complete with her own title card introduction, and played by Creator/RoseMcGowan), who seemed to be quite crazy. [[spoiler:In the deleted scenes she is the person who shoots Luz in the eye (by using a live cat as a silencer no less) instead of Von Jackson, and she also kills Sartana's twin sister by slitting her throat with a razor blade in her mouth, followed up by a scene of Sartana finding the sister's body and showing she really did care about her]].
9	* DeletedScene
10	** Sartana questions Senator [=McLaughlin=] and Booth in the hospital about the assassination attempt.
11	** A scene of the Senator being interviewed by the Latina reporter at the station.
12	* DuelingMovies: Went up against ''Film/TheExpendables'' for title of "Most Action-Packed Movie of 2010", and also the most [[RatedMForManly manliest]] movie of 2010. It grossed less (37 mil for ''Expendables'', ''Machete'' got 10 mil - it was a slow movie weekend, apparently), but gained better critical reaction.
13	* DyeingForYourArt: Lindsay Lohan, a natural redhead, went blonde to play April.
14	* ExtremelyLengthyCreation: The screenplay was first written in 1993, and the film was not released until 2010.
15	* FakeNationality: Creator/RobertRodriguez seems to have a fondness for this, as he acknowledged the on-purpose, over-the-top silliness of a spray-tanned Willem Dafoe playing a Mexican drug lord in the DVD commentary of ''Film/OnceUponATimeInMexico''.
16	** Creator/StevenSeagal as a katana-wielding Mexican drug lord? That could work... GeniusBonus: Katanas were popular weapons in Mexico of the 16-17th centuries, brought over by Spanish ships to Aisa.
17	** [[spoiler: Senator [=McLaughlin=] isn't actually from Texas. His southern accent is totally fake. His real voice is simply Creator/RobertDeNiro [[AdamWesting talking normally]]. This is probably a reference to the fact that George W. Bush is actually from Connecticut.]]
18	* FlipFlopOfGod: At one point it had been stated that Machete was indeed the manny/bodyguard from Film/SpyKids, but more recently Rodriguez seems to favor a view of any link as a MythologyGag or AlternateSelf situation, stating that the two series take place in separate universes.
19	* TheOtherDarrin: Many of the actors from the fake trailer got replaced. Notably Shea Wigham replaced Tito Larriva as the sniper who shoots Machete.
20	* PlayingAgainstType: Steven Seagal is the villain, in his first theatrical film in nearly a decade.
21	* ProductionPosse: Danny Trejo and Creator/DarylSabara were both in ''Film/SpyKids'' directed by Rodriguez and Alba and Alexa Vega ended up in the next one. Robert Rodriguez's nieces, doctor and girlfriend Rose [=McGowan=] in a deleted scene [[Film/{{Grindhouse}} are again in this movie]].
22	* RealitySubtext: Music/LindsayLohan as a drugged-out amateur porn star who's trying to have a legit career? ''Awkwaaard.'' But hilarious.
23	* RealLifeRelative: Jorge, the kid who spends all his screen time drawing pictures, is played by Creator/DannyTrejo's son Gilbert.
24	* ThrowItIn: Apparently the awesome line "Machete don't text" arose from a real-life communication between Creator/DannyTrejo and Creator/RobertRodriguez.
25	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
26	** Chris Cooper was the first choice for the Senator [=McLaughlin=] role. He turned it down as he thought the script was too weird.
27	** Creator/JonahHill was cast as Julio, but dropped out and was replaced by Daryl Sabara.
28	** Von Jackson was called Lt. Stillman in the script. He would also have been Sartana's superior.

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