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John Travolta has reflected on the "planetarily epic" 'Pulp Fiction' three decades on from its release. The 70-year-old actor experienced a career renaissance after portraying hitman Vincent Vega in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film and recalled how audiences were key to the film's slow-burn success. Speaking to People at the 30th anniversary event in Hollywood on Thursday (18.04.24), John said: "It was epic and it evolved. "The audiences made this movie what it was, and it wasn't overnight. It took about a year of evolution. In those days, movies stayed in the theatres for over a year. So, by the...
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Quentin Tarantino has reportedly dropped 'The Movie Critic' as his 10th and final project. The iconic filmmaker was set to reunite with Brad Pitt - who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work in the director's 2019 film 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' and also starred in his movie 'Inglourious Basterds' a decade earlier - a third time, but now those plans have been scrapped. According to Deadline, Tarantino has "simply changed his mind" after delaying production to rewrite the script. Now, he's expected to go back to the drawing board in a bid to find a firm idea for what will be his fi...
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead claims she lost acting roles because she didn't "flirt" with executives enough. The ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ actress began her career as a child, followed by soap opera roles before transitioning to movies in her late teens, but she recalled how it was a "very lonely and confusing time" to be making a bid for big screen success in her early 20s. She told Independent.co.uk: “It was a very lonely and confusing time to be young and starting out in this industry. "I had many instances of going into a meeting and if I wasn’t smiley enough or coyly flirting enough – they’d say...
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Brad Pitt will star in Quentin Tarantino's final film. The 60-year-old actor - who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work in the director's 2019 film 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' and also starred in his movie 'Inglourious Basterds' a decade earlier - will reportedly reunite with the filmmaker for a third and final time in 'The Movie Critic'. According to Deadline's The Dish column, Brad will likely play the title character in the movie, which is expected to be released in 2025. Sony Pictures are expected to distribute the film, with Stacey Sher serving as producer. The 60-year-old f...
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Austin Butler "had to choose" between 'Top Gun: Maverick' and 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'. The 32-year-old actor confirmed he had been in the running for the Tom Cruise-starring aviation sequel but was unable to test for the part because it clashed with the Quentin Tarantino movie. During a conversation with Josh Horowitz for his 'Happy Sad Confused' podcast at The 92nd Street Y in New York, Austin said: "I ended up having to choose between going to the screen test for Top Gun: Maverick or saying yes to Quentin Tarantino." Ultimately, because he had wanted to work with 60-year-old Tarantin...
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Quentin Tarantino didn't want his 'Star Trek' movie to be his final film. The iconic director was close to putting his own bloody stamp on the science fiction franchise but writer Mark L. Smith admitted despite going "back and forth" with the 'Pulp Fiction' filmmaker on some ideas, things didn't work out. He told Collider: "It was a different thing, but this was such a particular different type of story that Quentin wanted to tell with it that it fit my kind of sensibilities. "So I wrote that, Quentin and I went back and forth, he was gonna do some stuff on it, and then he started worrying abo...
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Diane Kruger is set to receive the Golden Eye Award at this year’s Zurich Film Festival. Famed for working with directors including Quentin Tarantino, Wolfgang Peterson and Robert Zemeckis, the 47-year-old is renowned as one of Hollywood’s finest character actresses and is probably best known for her roles as Helen of Sparta in 2004’s ‘Troy’, Bridget von Hammersmark in Tarantino’s ‘Inglourious Basterds’ and Anna in 2009’s ‘Mr. Nobody’. She said: “Thank you Zurich Film Festival for this wonderful recognition. I’m honoured and proud to be part of the impressive list of past honourees. “I look fo...
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Christopher Nolan admires Quentin Tarantino's retirement stance. The 'Oppenheimer' director explained that he can understand Tarantino's pledge to retire from filmmaking after helming 10 pictures but also acknowledges the longevity of directors such as Martin Scorsese. Christopher told the 'ReelBlend' podcast: "The truth is, I understand both points of view. "It's addictive to tell stories in cinema. It's a lot of hard work, but it's very fun. It's something that you feel driven to do, and so it's a little hard to imagine voluntarily stopping." Nolan appreciates Tarantino's wish to bow out whi...
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Quentin Tarantino "doesn't see" 'Kill Bill: Volume 3' happening. The 60-year-old legendary director has shot down the possibility of making a third movie in the franchise, despite many fans wanting Tarantino to do so and cast leading lady Uma Thurman's daughter Maya Hawke in the movie. According to Deadline, he told Flemish newspaper De Morgen: "I don’t see that. My last film is about a film critic, a male critic. And he plays in the 70s." In March, it was revealed Tarantino's final film will be titled 'The Movie Critic', which is set in Los Angeles. Tarantino has repeatedly insisted that he w...
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Chris Hemsworth says it's "super depressing" to hear that his "heroes" Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino have criticised Marvel movies when the film business, in general, is in a state of "fragility". The legendary filmmakers have been critical of superhero films and the 39-year-old actor, who has played Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is gutted that his idols have mocked the money-spinning studio and he hopes they'd still want to work with him. He told GQ: “That’s super depressing when I hear that. “There goes two of my heroes I won’t work with. I guess they’re not a fan of me.” Th...
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