Quentin Tarantino’s 2009 film, Inglourious Basterds, is one of the highest-grossing movies of his filmography. It grossed over $320 million. But did you know he sacked two A-list actresses from this project?
The filmmaker has recently revealed this in a book about the movie, The Making of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, by author Jay Glennie.
Tarantino admitted he fired French actress Isabelle Huppert because she didn’t show up for the table read. He said, “So f*ck it. I fired her. I mean, I love Isabelle Huppert – Heaven’s Gate and all that, but there were issues with her contract. It just kept stalling. And then not coming to the table read. Well, we cast Maggie instead.”
So, Tarantino replaced Huppert with Maggie Cheung.
Then, the filmmaker further revealed that Mélanie Laurent was the second cast drop, but apparently she had asked for another chance, which then later got her the lead role.
“Let me just go on the record for everybody to know: I love Melanie,” Tarantino shared. He then added, “The fact of the matter is, if we were not talking about the making of Inglourious Basterds, I would never think about the table read again for the simple reason Mélanie is my Shosanna. She did a wonderful job.”
As per reports, Laurent was terrible at the table read, and Tarantino was determined to sack her from the movie. But when she asked for the second shot, the filmmaker agreed as long as she would rehearse with him for three days.
Laurent did her set, and she became Shosanna in no time. Well, and the rest is history. The movie has earned several Academy Award nominations, and Christoph Waltz won Best Supporting Actor.
Apart from Waltz and Laurent, Inglourious Basterds also starred Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, and others.
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