Machete’s Crazy Cast Confirmed: De Niro, Lohan, Seagal And More
By Russ Fischer/Aug. 5, 2009 9:27 am EST
The report says “Danny Trejo is playing the title character and Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Steven Seagal, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson and Jeff Fahey play supporting roles.” That’s a crazy lineup, but not really surprising. De Niro worked with Tarantino, pal of Rodriguez, after all, so he’s not as left-field as you’d first think. But getting Seagal to do a movie he’s not toplining always seems like an uphill battle, so that is a bit of a surprise. It’s also fairly cool; if you’re going to put Seagal in anything at this point, a b-movie like Machete is dead-on perfect. And I’ll admit that I’m curious about what Rodriguez and Maniquis can get out of Don Johnson. The rumored cast member who isn’t here is Jonah Hill, who’d been reading the script not too long ago, but the word had been that he’d passed on it, so his absence isn’t a big surprise.
