Although there’s been no confirmation as yet, BloodyDisgusting is reporting that one of their tipsters has told them Robert De Niro will be joining the cast of Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis’ upcoming Machete. The movie started as one of the fake trailers in the Tarantino/Rodgriguez Grindhouse double feature, but is now being spun out into a full feature starring Danny Trejo as the title character, a mandman bent on revenge.
The film is due to go into production at the end of the month, with rumours suggesting that joining Trejo will be Michelle Rodriguez (Lose, Fast & Furious) as a character called Luz, Jonah Hill (Superbad, Funny People) as Julio, and living legend Robert De Niro will be playing Senator McLaughlin.
Although this info may turn out to be false, De Niro does seem to have been taking all sorts of unusual roles in recent years so it may well turn out to be true.