Actor Danny Trejo

Actor Danny Trejo

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Trejo’s made a career playing menacing tough guys, from ‘Breaking Bad’ to ‘Machete.’ He says that his experience standing in the yard waiting for a prison riot in San Quentin prepared him for acting: “You’re absolutely scared to death … [but] you have to pretend you’re not.” Also, we’ll hear an excerpt of Terry Gross’ 1993 interview with writer and former inmate Eddie Bunker, who was a mentor to Trejo. Film critic David Edelstein reviews ‘The Death of Stalin.‘