English Movie Review Darkness Descends - Cast & Crew

Danny Trejo is an Ethnic-American actor born on May 16, 1944, in Echo Park, California, USA. His father was a construction worker. He was a drug addict as a child, and a criminal, for which he was in and out of jail for 12 years from 1960-1972. While serving time at San Quentin, he won boxing titles. He successfully completed his rehabilitation 12-step process. He had a cocaine addiction, and in an anonymous meeting where a guy asked for his help, is what turned out to be a set for the movie, “The Runway”. The director of this film remembered Trejo from having served time with him at the same correction facility, he offered Danny $300 a day to teach fighting skills to the lead actor of the movie. He was eventually casted as an extra convict in the movie, due to his bulky, heavily-tattooed exterior.

Frank was born in New Jersey as the son of two High School English teachers. He was raised by his parents in his birthplace and attended schooling there. When he was 12 years old, he joined Taekwondo classes and after training hard, he won his first black belt at the age of 16. He then pursued his Bachelor of Arts degree from College of New Jersey. He got recruited as a production assistant for two shows namely The Late Show and The Rolando Show in New York City. His working environment provided him the knowledge and an understanding of the film industry and production processes.