Quentin Tarantino Doesn’t Want Diane Kruger In ‘Inglourious Basterds’
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Diane Kruger recently appeared on Reuniting with Josh Smith podcast, where she discusses her tumultuous journey in Hollywood, from her initial aspiration to be a ballet dancer to landing a role in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds.
In terms of stars, Kruger’s breakout role involved 2004 The City of Troy, in which she plays the mythical Helen of Sparta. But it was not until Tarantino’s 2009 film that the German actress found real fame and recognition. Kruger played the iconic Bridget von Hammersmark in that film, a diva operating under Joseph Goebbels’ propaganda machine at the height of World War II, but finding some unlikely allies. out in the criminal group of Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), so -Called Basterds.
Working under the legendary Tarantino in one of his films must have been a lifetime opportunity for Diane, although as the actress revealed in the podcast, the director didn’t want her to audition for the part for reasons due to special. reason.
“Like, even for Inglourious Basterds, yes, like he auditioned for everyone. He didn’t want to audition me because he saw a movie I was in, he didn’t like it. Do you know what I mean?” She said, “So he didn’t believe in me in the first place. And literally the only reason he auditioned for me was because there was no one left to audition, I had to fly – pay for my own flight from New York to Germany, because he wouldn’t, even though – he’s obviously American – but he wouldn’t see me there Fine, so I had to jump through all these loops definitely putting my nose out of the joint.But I was like, You know?F**k him.I’ll do it and prove it. proved to him that I could do it. And luckily, it all worked out. But sometimes it just seems so unfair, doesn’t it? And you have to change the story.”
Over the years, we’ve come to believe that no director has truly enjoyed watching movies as much as Quentin Tarantino. The fact that he doesn’t even want to admit Kruger to an audition based on his assessment of that unnamed photo is like a classic Tarantino move. But as the actress said, it all worked out in the end, because her performance in that movie was nothing short of commendable.
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