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Mel Gibson Joins Machete Sequel, Continues Incredible Non-Complete-Ostracism Streak

By Amos Barshad at

Well, this is remarkable: Deadline is reporting that former-movie-star/current-crazy-person Mel Gibson has been offered a role in Machete Kills, Robert Rodriguez's sequel to the 2010 Danny Trejo vehicle Machete. What's so remarkable about that, you ask? Who cares if Gibson gets a glorified cameo in a schlocky B-movie satire that originated in a fake trailer, you wonder? Didn't Rodriguez put Lindsay Lohan in the first one, you point out? Yeah, cool, sure, good points, buddy. What's remarkable is that once again Mel Gibson has landed work in the aftermath of having done something insane.

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