Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood” (Atria Books), out now.“When we reached the flight between the fourth and fifth tier, I stopped.
I was standing on the same steps where [fellow prisoner] Tyrone stabbed the man who tried to kill me.”C550 was his former cell, his home from 1966-1968 for selling heroin to an undercover cop.After rehearsing the scene, Trejo entered C550 with a fellow ex-prisoner on set and said a prayer.“We got down on our knees and thanked God for our freedom from drugs and alcohol, our freedom from prisons, and we thanked him for our kids and our lives,” writes Trejo. “I’d come full circle.” Trejo, with over 300 film and TV roles to his credit, is best known to audiences for his roles in “Spy Kids,”.
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