By using Uma, me, and Bruce, he balanced it with pop culture, and that wouldn’t have happened with Daniel Day or anyone else vying for that part.” “But I understand now, in retrospect, why he did. “I remember it was a big deal with Miramax, too, because Daniel Day was hotter than heck and I was colder than Alaska, so the idea that Quentin went for me over Daniel Day-Lewis was a very big deal,” Travolta told The Daily Beast. Ultimately, of course, Travolta was cast in the role after Tarantino pushed hard for him. Sean Penn and William Hurt were also considered, but Tarantino wanted John Travolta, whose star had faded, for the part. In fact, it’s the only role ever that Day-Lewis has actively pursued. The famously picky Day-Lewis, who turned down Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings films and had to be coaxed into starring in Gangs of New York by having Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio visit him in Italy where he was cobbling shoes, was also interested. With Madsen out of the picture, Harvey Weinstein wanted Daniel Day-Lewis for the part of Vega-since the English actor had won an Oscar for Miramax for My Left Foot. It took years for Tarantino to forgive Madsen. However, two weeks before the script was finished, Madsen passed on the project-opting instead to play the role of Virgil Earp in Wyatt Earp. Blonde in Tarantino’s previous film, Reservoir Dogs. The role of anxiety-ridden hitman Vincent Vega was initially written for Michael Madsen, who delivered a scene-stealing turn as the Stealers Wheel-loving, ear-hacking sociopath Mr. In honor of Pulp Fiction turning 20, here are 20 things you didn’t know about the film: But the little-known stories behind the making of the film are almost as fascinating as the flick itself. It’s now regarded as a camp (and cult) classic. 14, 1994-the same weekend that another modern classic, The Shawshank Redemption, expanded nationwide. Pulp Fiction, the brainchild of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino (with an assist from Roger Avary) remains one of the most batshit-brilliant movies in modern cinema a ‘roided-up rollercoaster ride packed with more quotable lines than a half-dozen Shakespeare plays.Īfter being passed up by TriStar, who reportedly found it “too demented,” it was picked up by Harvey Weinstein and his Miramax Films, and released in theaters on Oct. It’s arguably the best film of the ‘90s-a postmodern pop culture smorgasbord awash in nihilism and dripping with retro cool.
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