he was not duped, he worked for daily wire on SEVERAL occasions by that time already.

What a title

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?

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.

I’m betting the “criminals must die” clause isn’t invoked for this one.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.