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Brad Pitt Is Lieutenant Aldo Raine In Quentin Tarantino's INGLORIOUS BASTARDS!!!
Beaks here... You were worried when Leonardo Dicaprio went away, weren't you? Well, fret not. Brad Pitt is signed, sealed and delivered as Lt. Aldo Raine, the badass hillbilly "from the mountains of Tennessee" who leads his Nazi-killin' "Basterds" into enemy territory to... do some really nasty shit to some incredibly deserving bad guys. Pitt joins Eli Roth, who was announced the other day as Sgt. Donnie Donowitz aka "The Bear Jew", and B.J. Novak, who is in talks to play Private Utivich. Now that Pitt's on board, it's all about Col. Landa (aka "The Jew Hunter") and Shosanna (a teenaged Jewish girl who works at a Paris cinema). Tarantino is allegedly after a German actor for the former, while I don't believe he's stated a preference for the latter. Any ideas? Shosanna's a tough-as-nails survivor, so... Olivia Thirlby? I'm at a loss on that one. Tarantino is still on about finishing this in time for the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, so here's hoping his October 13th start date doesn't get pushed back.
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he is the jews smirking revenge!
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Brad Pitt as a Hillbilly Jew from West Virginia?
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Pitt was in talks, but he's a mercurial sort when it comes to casting. Given his past, I won't believe he's in the movie until he's wrapped.
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....why do we care about this movie? Cause it's QT?
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filled by D-list no-talents? It wasn't too late for Favre, it's not too late for Pitt!
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but pitt does some good work. it he's signed on.. well it may be intersting.. the only german film ive seen in recent times is "downfall" and isa fucking excellent films. get yer pick of german actors there!
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Having read the script, she's perfect for Shoshana. Big mistake letting DiCaprio go for the German role. Huge.
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Should be interesting but who knows...seems like all QT is doing is remaking cinema trash from the 60's and 70's. Will always love 'Pulp Fiction' but haven't been interested in his newer stuff.
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I've been waiting for Brad Pitt to start acting again. I was just so tired of all of those Ocean movies and that Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Now he's set to come out with Burn after Reading, Benjamin Button, and now this. Very Cool.
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Maybe not as mainstream as Pitt but he definitely adds to the hilarity of the Office. Now Eli Roth, that no talent hack who gets the money to finance his shit when I should be the one in his place, that's a D-lister and was the first instance with this project that all the dominoes would have dropped. I'd much prefer an M. Night cameo than Roth.
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In such a classy way. I don't know why, I guess I was expecting an asshole comment back like you get from some of the other black boxes.
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him. and get thomas jane in here as well. go on!
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... QT finds some way of getting the big three from the '80s together, even if it's just a cameo. Would be interesting to see Mr Pitt in this as well
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I always thought he was promised a part in IB since we first heard about this all those years ago. Has Quentin changed his mind?
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Moritz Bleibtreu (Das Experiment, Run Lola Run, Munich) is pretty damn good but I'm not sure if he'd look enough like a stereotypical Nazi, his Das Experiment co-star Justus von Dohnanyi (who was also in Downfall) might be perfect, anyone who's seen Das Experiment will remember him, he's got shades of Klaus Kinski about him too.
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Aug. 7, 2008, 6:55 p.m. CST
No-brainer for Shoanna LaPadite/Emmanuelle Mimieux character...
by CaptMidnight
...Audrey Tautou.
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Burn After Reading.
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so I don't know if it's mildly or ginormously exciting news. But since I'm pumped for that flick anyway... About time someone dusts off the WWII flicks, and all that I've read about QT's visual ideas for this is going into the right direction. Eli Roth aside (fucking nepotism robbed a part from a jobless real actor again) this sounds flawless so far.
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arnold and stallone should be cast as wilhelm wicki and hugo stiglitz. both fairly small roles, but at least that would make it doable with arnold being governor at the moment.
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Aug. 7, 2008, 6:58 p.m. CST
Eva Green is 28, Audrey Tautou will be 32 in a couple days...
by wookie1972
While both are gamine, neither is believable as a teenager.
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Aug. 7, 2008, 6:59 p.m. CST
And let's be honest, when I heard the phrase "Jew Bear"...
by wookie1972
...my first thought was Seth Rogen.
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I'm with you, Mr. X -- as soon as I heard Tarantino was looking for a German actor, that was exactly where I went with it.<p>Also Sebastian Koch (the writer from THE LIVES OF OTHERS) is quite good.
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fuck him. Give us a new breed of film maker and throw this dolt to the curb.
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Aug. 7, 2008, 7:02 p.m. CST
re: Eva Green is 28, Audrey Tautou will be 32 in a couple days..
by bradfilm
Yeah, but she only plays a teenager for one scene. Then I believe it cuts to five years later. She's perfect.
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Cause the script was some weak ass shit. <p>Someone's gotta sit QT, Manoj, and a few others down in a "Scared Straight" type program where they have to watch back-to-back hours of each others' self-indulgent movies and say to them, "you had a few good movies, but you are NOT an auteur. Accept input from others. Be a collaborator."
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French actress, late twenties. Seen in the Pianist on the ocean flick with Tim Roth, and soon in Babylon AD. Both looks fragile and tough, like an untamed pussy (yes, I have a crush on her big time). Besides, she is a very good actress. Not just a pretty face. <p> http://tinyurl.com/6mgf65
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As long as every idiot is just naming actresses without regard to the ACTUAL AGE OF THE FUCKING CHARACTER why not go with the best actress out there. Plus, she can do an accent.
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28, 32, what the fuck. Shonsanna's been living under the floor of a dairy farmhouse for a year. That shit will age you, dude.
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aka "proof that age is a false problem"... well, when it's a chick; diaper Indy is ok.
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in The assassination of Jesse James. That film will probably go down as the most overlooked masterpiece of all time, and Pitt dominates his performance. Who's with me?
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I could live with that.
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Robert Rodriguez? <p> Seriously, did Adam Sandler say no to the "Jew Bear" role? Does QT not know any other Jewish actors? I really want to know how the fuck Eli Roth entered into the equation and became the best person for this role. <p> I'm not saying he's not a nice guy and cool to smoke a bowl with... but he has ZERO on-screen charisma in all his on-screen appearances, except that as a frat boy d-bag. Which maybe the role calls for, but I doubt it. <p> It's your movie, QT. You are wealthy and successful and can do whatever the hell you want. And you have an almost unblemished record with great casting. I'm sure you can direct and edit a pedestrian performance out of him. But why not get an actor?? <p> This mistake will be a detraction and already a strike against it. Sucks.
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that is and maybe the best.
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Alright Bradd maybe Angelina can play a role or cameo or something.
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Only reasonable explanation. A stoner Freejack fan leads a bunch of circumcised bears across the Maginot line. Now I understand why Harry put a spoiler tag on his script review.
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Tarantino has become so full of himself that he's slowly becoming a joke. His heir almighty to know all things film is nothing but off-putting. He was once one of the most inventive screenwriters out there IN THE EARLY NINETIES! (face it, he's not a really a good director). Now all he's doing is re-treading roads that were already paved.<br> He's just going to make another non-linear film, just so people can say, 'have you seen the latest from QT?'.<br> I know you guys suck his dick here , just as much has Robert Rodriquez's, so even if this movie sucks, we won't hear it coming from Harry and the gang.<br> Oh, BTW- I've actually been in the same room as Mr.Tarantino and he's a POMPOUS DICK!
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Where should I start with the questioning??
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Can't we get him a role in this thing?
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Do you mean in Snatch? He wasn't a gypsy, he was an Irish Traveller. Nowhere near the same thing.
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When reading the script, I was picturing Shoshanna as Tania Raymonde for some reason. You know, Alex, Rousseau's daughter from Lost? I think she could pull it off as she's about the right age and has the whole "innocent but could rip your face off if you look at her cockeyed" thing going.
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He was a gypsy
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Aug. 7, 2008, 7:33 p.m. CST
Pitt is on of the few actors I've liked in everything he's done.
by The Grug
Even when the films themselves aren't great. Looking forward to this.
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My problem is QT is a FANTASTIC director. You can maybe not like the genres of "Kill Bill" or "Jackie Brown," but they were impeccably staged, well shot, tightly written, and went unexpected places. And regardless of the actor, he brings out INCREDIBLE performances. So he's not a hack. <p> I just think, with "Death Proof" he wasn't performing to his skill level. It had flashes of brilliance... Kurt oozed charisma and danger and the analog car crash was PERFECTION... but it was a little self-indulgent and bloated. <p> Let's see if IG is old QT or QT-lite.
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have you seen auto focus? one reviewer is talking to bob crane and he describes hogan's heroes as: "if you liked the holocaust, you'll love this"<p>i say cast barbra striesand. you know you want to. If we get laid tonight it's because of eric bana. I still say i don't think he is actually jewish. one jewish role a jew does not make. in fact now i am almost certain.
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I dont mean to harp on ethnicity, but theres something about a German playing a French Jew. Maybe... they should cast an unknown?
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Look it up.
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Maybe not according to what Wikipedia says but for the man on the street in the UK Pikeys and Gypsies are the same thing
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The only thing i didn't like about Kill Bill, or rather i liked about the script but QT wimped out on in the actual movie, was the decision not to have Pai Mei talk in a dubbed voice. That would have been so messed up. Death Proof was just... argh.
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should be played by that girl from Hitman who's going to be in Quantum Of Solace. Or fuck, just go with Natalie Portman, though I doubt she would do anything that might not be historically accurate in dealing with the Nazis. Too bad Vin Disel was in Saving Private Ryan or he would make the perfect Bear Jew... as is, it would just seem like repetition now.
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They are "gypsies" only in the sense that they are nomadic. Gypsy refers to a specific ethnic group with characteristics similar to East Indians. They look NOTHING like Brad Pitt did in Snatch.
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i really can't decide if he is a good actor. what i would say is that he is awesome in the movies he is in, and they are awesome movies. not necessarily the same thing. he just has this great x factor. he also seems to have a thing for the movie chopper: bring andrew dominik to hollywood and making jessie james with him, getting eric bana his role in troy. with him on board it would not surprise me if bana gets a role in this movie
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IT'S CALLED ACTING!
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I feel that QT messed up Deathproof by having Kurt Russell turn into a wimp at the end. I know that's some people's favourite part, but I thought it was just out of left field. If it was really what QT claimed it was, a "slasher movie with cars", then there should have been only one girl left in the end. Turning it into a girl-power thing at the end seemed silly to me. But every female viewer I've asked seemed to like it, so what do I know.
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Sorry couldn't resist. Still, not a bad suggestion.
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From Wikipedia - In Ireland and in Britain, Travellers are often referred to as "gypsies"... I don't want to get into semantics with you, my point is that someone saying Pitt played a Gypsy in Snatch is not worth arguing about, maybe technically he was an Irish Traveller but is it really worth correcting the person to make yourself feel more intelligent? Pikeys, Gypsies, Travellers, all the same thing in most peoples books.
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That's like saying a Bollywood actor should play Tonto. It's not semantics, they're different ethnicities.
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At this point, why bother reporting about this movie? And what in the fuck is Pitt thinking? And how much worse can it get. Also, one final question... Is Pitt playing a Jew? Are you fucking serious?
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Think how awesome this could've been if they would have cast Arnold, Stollone, and Willis.
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And Sleepers was a piece of crap.
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You know, the creepy German surgeon from Hostel. I'm sure Roth still has his number somewhere hehe.
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Is all you need to remember... He will own the angry hillbilly killer... This makes up for Eli Douche...
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Then why do Irish Travellers who are bare knuckle Boxing Champions like to call themselves "King of the Gypsies"? Pitt was meant to be a modern day Bartley Gorman.
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can't go past chopper. as an aussie, he seemed such a clique yank, in black hawk. it made me think of americans playing australians and haming it up by accident. chopper is really a good movie, visually, morally, storywise. really good movie
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You're right, Pitt was awesome in Kalifornia. That role can really give people an idea of just how great a redneck Pitt can play.
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The original poster was trying to make the point that Pitt played a Gypsy, i.e. a Romany. He did not. He played a blue-eyed blonde Irishman. Maybe he could pass as an Ashkenazi, but it would be a stretch.
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Aug. 7, 2008, 8:08 p.m. CST
Of course, its not clear from the script whether Raine is suppos
by wookie1972
The script *really* needed a lot of work.
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I like him enough, but he can't really open a picture on his own. He's like the Australian Billy Crudup.
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If the original poster said Romani Gypsy I'd agree with you but they didn't so I don't. You really shouldn't go around being all smug trying to correct people when what was said was correct in the context of how they were using the word.
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End of motherfucking story.
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If QT can get nuanced, layered performances out of b-movie actors like Pam Grier and David Carradine, surely he can get Eli Roth, a director who works with actors, to at least functionally hit Nazis with baseball bats and be a badass. I doubt QT is going to give him the heavy emotional scenes. And I can't WAIT to see Pitt chew into some of the dialogue that is written for him. You know why I am looking forward to this film? Because Quentin is making a movie that has an original idea again. I loved Kill Bill and Death Proof (one of the few on here), but this finally feels like a wholly original vision again. And anyone who thinks it is a copy of the dirty dozen doesn't know the plot.
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Then why did the poster bring it up? Pitt played a blue-eyed Irishman, what does that have to do with playing a Jew, if Raine is even supposed to be Jewish? I'm not trying to be smug, I'm just saying it's silly to say he "played a Gypsy". It's like saying Val Kilmer could play Gandhi "because he's part Indian."
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One of the funniest things I've read all day. As for Grier and Carradine, they may have been B-movie actors (although Carradine was in Bound For Glory), but they've never been hacks.
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otherwise i look like an idiot.
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Everyday its "Inglorious Bastards"...this and "Inglorious Bastards"...that. Seriously..Stop it Already. Its Fucking Pathetic.
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Wookie1972, I'm not saying Roth directs Chinatown. But I'm pretty sure he doesn't shoot all the scenes in his movies in one take. "Cut! Golden!" But I reiterate - Roth is going to hit Nazis with baseball bats. Doesn't require a Heath Ledger-caliber character actor. You can all kiss my ass and go Whedon-bate.
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And I agree that the character doesn't have much depth. But casting Roth is still kind of a letdown from the possibility of Adam Sandler (and I still think Rogen would have been perfect).
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I know this ain't history, but did any jew ever hit any nazi with a baseball bat ever? I mean, is there even a sliver of at least what resembles the social order of the time in this script?
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I would definitely have been more happy with Sandler, in a fucking heartbeat. But as of now, that's the casting. After Punch Drunk Love, I'm not sure why Sandler hasn't been cast in this. But maybe he will be in a meatier role. There's more Bastards to be cast. Thanks for not being a Whedon fan. NiceGuyEddie19, come on dude, is that what you're going to go after?
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If you haven't I won't give it away, but suffice it to say that no, it is not historically accurate. QT has also said he doesn't feel bound to period music and will probably include hip hop and other stuff. I wouldn't exactly be counting on that Palme D'Or if I were QT.
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It seems like there were only a few, although I read the script in a hurry.
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I come from Ireland. Over here the politically correct term for them is "travelers" but the term people use in less polite company is "tinkers". They have zero ethnic or cultural relationship with the Romany people (gypsies). People should make more of an effort to differentiate between them.
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Pretty much what I've been saying. My original point was that Pitt is blond and blue eyed and looks not a bit Jewish. Sure, he could play Jewish, but it would be like casting Robert Redford as Michael Corleone. Although from the script I still have no idea whether Raine is supposed to be Jewish or not.
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it may not be a great song, but that video for "Turn Back Time" was pretty flipping hot.
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... Is a fucking GREAT movie. You don't even recognize Bana. He's not only physically quite different, he's also completely immersed in the role. Too bad he's been kind of a stiff since he came to hollywood. PS: Assassination of Jesse James, also excellent. I can't wait to see what Dominik does next.... He's 2 for 2, both knockouts.
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Pitt is awesome for this role, I'm picturing the type of role he did in Snatch. but not quite that kind of hillbilly but still, fuck yes. I'll see this movie just for that awesome fucking casting.
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...had about 15 seconds of mind-blowing awesomeness while the rest was flaming pile of horse shit and pubic hair. Looking forward to Bastards though...
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That's who QT needs. <p> Where are the next Aldo Ray type actors?
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...had about 15 seconds of mind-blowing awesomeness while the rest was flaming pile of horse shit and pubic hair. Looking forward to Bastards though...
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If I get laid tonight, it's because of Eric Bana and Munich!
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This will rock.
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Tania Raymonde I believe her name is. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0713389/
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You got Wicki and Stiglitz.
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Romper Stomper was nothing special other than Crowe's performance (though I think he's done better work since), imo, but Chopper was fantastic all round, and yeah, Bana was fucking AMAZING in that. He really has yet to live up to that potential in American movies.<p> As for Shoshanna, it's too bad this wasn't being made a few years ago, because I was always picturing Marion Cotillard as the older Shoshanna when reading the script. But now, just like Green and Tatou, she's just a bit too old. Though, of those 3, I still say she'd be the most convincing (plus she's the best actress of the bunch).
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I haven't read the script but with Hard Candy she had range (and scared the shit out of me).
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Should be the German Jew Hater, because she plays a mean man. Check out Juno if you don't believe me. <P> Anyway Stellan Skarsgård has to be even Jew Hating German, dude has master race written all over him.
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I put them about even, but at least Crowe is in his element. Fucking for the last time Bana is a fucking comedian? Even he doesn't understand why he gets the roles he does, watch any interview with him. Chopper had one really cool part with the Poem at the end, the rest was long and boring. Romper was alright, Crowe finally topped his performance with Master and Commander, or if you don't watch movies then Gladiator.
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Mike Meyers NOWS THE TIME ON SCHPROCKETS VEN VEE DANCE!
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being Jewish is a religion, anyone of us could BE a jew let alone play one because its a religion that can be converted into, right? so how can you say ANYONE cant play a jew... and I havent read the script but a southern redneck shitkicker hardly seems jewish at all anyway, just make him not a jew...its not a big deal so stop bringing it up like assholes, Pitt is awesome this movie just got a lot more interesting to me
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As a Roth casting hater, I think you defending him as "It could be worse" is the problem. He HAS acted on screen before and has been a distracting fuckwit each time. Pam Grier? David Carradine? Even at their worst they chew scenery and exude confidence and charisma. <p> I just think it is such a colossal blunder and he is so inappropriate for the role that it drives me crazy. <p> I mean, you've seen Eli. Would you ever in a million years describe the guy as "bad-ass"? It's an ego stroke and it sucks. <p> Again, it's QT's movie, so he is free to do whatever. I'm just saying it's stupid.
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it actually does make sense, golden hair equals pretty boy bs roles and darker hair equals darker, edgier roles. I like Legends of the Fall though, why do you guys not like it? I've heard it compared to a soap opera but I dont see it, I think it's epic, well shot and Tristan is a supreme badass, he even scalps germans...isnt there at least some talk of scalping in IB?
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Yeah, I am defending Roth as a "could be worse" casting. Like I said above, Sandler would have fucking KILLED it in this role. But I'm going to leave it to Quentin. I don't believe that he's such and "old hack" that he would sacrifice his entire movie to fulfill some sort of nepotistic urge. Here's the way I feel about Roth in his films: He's been a distracting comic foil. In Cabin Fever, he was the stoner dude with all the weed, in Grindhouse he was the dude that wanted the pussy. But every time I saw him I was kind of pleased that he was there for those brief moments. He's NOT going to run this movie, people. Can any of us maybe just trust QT's instincts, just a little bit? You know Roth is not going to sit back and jack off. He's going to show the world what he can do, and maybe QT saw that in him. Why the fuck am I even trying? People are still going to hate on whatever he comes up with, and I'm going to be having Inglorious Bastards parties with all my friends in 2010, complete with bbq and beer. Meanwhile Joss Whedon will make some guy cry because Buffy died in the comics or something.
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Frankly, I couldn't care less if Pitt winds up in the movie. Seems like bad casting to me.
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I can just see Quentin casting himself as the black guy (because Quentin really wants to be black anyway) a la Downey Jr.'s transformation in TROPIC THUNDER. <p>My 'liking the script above average' is quickly turning into something I'm not even looking forward to anymore. Sorry Quentin, but if you ever had 'IT', you don't anymore.
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I don't care that Pitt is playing a hillbilly from West Va, I just think the concept of a hillybilly Jew seems overwrought. Yes, there were Jews in West Va, apparently there were several Jewish communities dating back to the 1860s, but it just seems like Tarantino is forcing the Jewish issue. If Pitt's character isn't Jewish that's a different story. I have little hope for this movie anyway, because Tarantino is too in love with himself and reads too many articles that call him a genius. Part of being an auteur is developing something new, and unique, copying genres and just adding a lot of over the top violence and "snappy" dialogue is hackdom, not genius.
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I don't care that Pitt is playing a hillbilly from West Va, I just think the concept of a hillybilly Jew seems overwrought. Yes, there were Jews in West Va, apparently there were several Jewish communities dating back to the 1860s, but it just seems like Tarantino is forcing the Jewish issue. If Pitt's character isn't Jewish that's a different story. I have little hope for this movie anyway, because Tarantino is too in love with himself and reads too many articles that call him a genius. Part of being an auteur is developing something new, and unique, copying genres and just adding a lot of over the top violence and "snappy" dialogue is hackdom, not genius.
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i'm surprised that no one on here has trounced brad pitt. <p> please allow me... <p> brad pitt has been in some of the most memorable movies of the last 17 years. but, he's not a good actor. he is beautiful to look at. he can draw from his southern missouri upbringing to play a hick convincingly (kalifornia). but... <p> in snatch he ripped off benicio's usual suspects character. <p> in se7en he was surrounded by an awesome script, david fincher, and morgan freeman. <p> fight club:ditto (freeman=norton) <p> 12 monkeys was a manic and unfocused performance (which fit the role), but he's recreated that flick-y energy for "burn after reading" (which will probably be good...thanks to the coens) <p> he's all clooney-d out. he's larger than life charisma, with very little back it up. put him in a suit with a gun and he looks cool...big deal. he's been compared to robert redford...robert redford is a great actor. he's subtly expressive and gives characters humanity. <p> pitt plays a charicature of what guys want to be. and, his looks are the main part of that. would anyone know him if he looked like john c. reilly? what does ptt ever add? <p> i haven't seen jesse james...perhaps he's matured. but, it has always bugged me that people fawn all over him because he's given great roles. <p> by the way, i will probably see this movie in the theaters. tarantino is derivative, but at least he steals from the good shit. <p> let's bludgeon shia lebeouf to death.
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Hostel and Office could really fuck this movie up.
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eh your arguments are weak at best, ripping off benicio? please, why because they both talked fast? weak. being critical because he was surrounded by good cast and crew in seven and fight club? Those things are what make good movies and good performances, you know along with the good actors that portray those performances. weak. you praised 12 monkeys and then claim he will be good in BAR because of the directors. What is the point of that? Good directors get good performances from their actors, that doesnt diminish the job the actor does. weak. what is this suit and a gun shit? weak, thats what. Do yourself a favor and see jesse james, it's easily some of the best acting from last year (you know along with Javier Bardem, Daniel Fucking Day Lewis and Casey Affleck in the same film) Great roles aren't great until they are brought to life by great actors. I agree T is derivative and your comment about bludgeoning shia to death almost makes me not want to add this last bit but you brought it on yourself really. So in summation, your shit is weak. I love you guys that hate on BP cause he's God's gift, jealousy is an ugly motherfucker, especially around here it seems...
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Yeah, yeah. It's Quentin's show, and maybe Eli could be serviceable or even good. But I just have to question it. Quentin Tarantino, people. Regardless of whether or not you like his films, I expect he still has more than enough cred to cast virtually anyone he wants in any role and that actor would jump at the chance to take part. So you're going to tell me with a straight face that Eli Roth - Quentin's friend - is the best actor for the role? Sorry - I don't buy it. That all said, I haven't read the script, so it might not even be an important role. Or maybe I'm completely in the wrong. Just count me very skeptical.
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he's mediocre as an actor. and, brilliant as a face. <p> he has rarely gone outside of his comfort zone. he has consistently done "cool" roles in "cool" movies, but that doesn't make him redford or olivier or rush, or even depp. <p> and, i'm not even a huge depp fan. <p> fellate mr. pitt somewhere else, spawn. weak. <p> shia labeouf has a stinky pinky.
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'Tis a true irony that when trying to one-up yourself in pushing the envelope of on-screen gore, you actually become ....predictable.
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no contest. romper stomper hardly has a plot at all (though is a kick ass action off the walls madhouse film in the australian no holds barred fashion) seriously it is a brutal film and i'll pay russell for it.<p> brad pitt/ben affleck, shut your mouth. I mean this literally. i don't mind hearing what you have say, i even like your movies, but when you are not talking, CLOSE YOUR DAMM MOUTH. don't walk around with your fucking chin dragging on the floor and your overly wet lip sticking out. it makes you look like a fish. couple it with that vacant stare of yours and you look like a bird, drunk on berries that has just flown into a window. just a thought. you two guys seem smart, but that mouth always open thing makes you look like retards.
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ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Not every Jewish person looks like Adam Sandler or David Krumholtz ya stereotypical bastards!
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ROSANNE BARR. You wont beat that. Fits with QT's revival lagging careers. I have no idea why all the AICN guys are licking QT's ring over this project. If you have read the script you would be left with an overiding feeling of being underwhelmed. It was a huge missed opportunity for me and at present the script is about 6/10.
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C'mon!
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as the German Col. He kicked ass as Carl in Munich and seems like he could pull of German easily !
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and wookie is wrong. the context was fine. here in the uk travelling people are most commonly referred to as gypsies or, more derogatively, gypos. wookie is being pedantic and saying that it's similar to val kilmer playing ghandi is just fucking nonsense. wookie - you tried to be a smart arse and got called on it so just take your lumps and stfu.
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I once came second in a Brad Pitt lookalike competition Some Japanese guy won it
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We call them knackers.
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Here was my Val Kilmer analogy, which I admit is not perfect: Val Kilmer is part American Indian. Gandhi was East Indian. Therefore, by the same logic that Pitt "played a Gypsy", Kilmer could conceivably play East Indian. And yes, there are blond, blue eyed Jews. I'm not saying that all the Basterds should look like they came right off a Kibbutz. But Pitt is probably one of the most WASPy looking actors since Robert Redford, and it just doesn't seem right to have him playing ethnic.
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He's not German, but come on. Try telling me that Hans Gruber couldn't pull off a mean-ass German dude.
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Perhaps he's like a tough version of Matthew Broderick's character in Glory. I'm not saying that Brad Pitt couldn't ever play a Jew. Robert Redford was the first choice for Michael Corleone. There are blond, blue eyed Italians, but Redford would have been very, very wrong for the part.
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I'd love to be a fly on the wall when Brad Pitt explains to his black kid why he accepted a movie with so many racial epithets in it, made by a racist director. Awkward! 'It's art kid, you'll get it when you're older.'
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yes, your opinion is wrong - see jesse james before you post again - it's far from anyone's comfort zone - as is Babel - as is 12 monkeys - as is fight club - so yeah, you're just wrong brah - speaking of comfort zones - johnny depp - umm he needs to get out of his comfort zone aka Burton's Ballsac
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Is that it? Are you saying those 3 guys are the main Nazi hating Jews?? What happened to this being a huge star studded cast with Clooney, Arnie, Stallone, Willis??? I fucking hate Roth, and yes I saw him in Tarantino's Grindhouse effort and he was an annoying bug ugly twat in that as I'm sure he will be in this.
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Aug. 8, 2008, 9:44 a.m. CST
everyone jumping on the Natalie Portman for Shosanna train
by kungfuhustler84
shut the fuck up and get creative.
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Fail.
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What I'm saying is that here, in the UK, the terms pikey and gypsy are entirely interchangable. You go up to someone in the street and say gypsy and they will think 'travelling person who tarmacs drives and sells clothespegs' before they think of romanys. The genus of the word may derive from the Romanys, but here and now in the UK that's not what people mean when they say gypsy. Race doesn't really come into it in the modern use.
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Just curious.
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Jewish people have usually lived in isolated enclaves when settling in the south. Entire communities that were extremely few and far between, but were mostly able to keep to themselves and be completely apart from the local culture. It doesn't really work.
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Tarantino hasn't had a good film since Pulp Fiction. Jackie Brown was decent, at best. Kill Bill Vol 1 was fun the first time around but now has lost its fun (I would rather watch the films he ripped-off making KBV1). Vol 2 was overlong crap, same with Death Proof. Now this, which sounded ridiculous when it was going to be an "homage" to WWII men-on-a-mission films, and now sounds a thousand times worse. Tarantino had his day with Resevoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction...basically, when he and Roger Avary were still friends.
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I've read the script and Pitt will be perfect for this character. If I was him I'd ask QT to reconsider some of the casting. The character that Eli Roth is supposed to play is a BAD ASS and has some important things to do. Eli Roth is a no talent ass clown who couldn't act his way out of a paper bag. BP shouldn't want this douchebag anywhere near the set when this thing starts. And if the rumors are true, and they are looking for a studio to pump money into this thing then they should invest in a amazing cast for BP to act with. QT is a believer in his own hype. His script is great, but why would he turn the words over to someone like Eli Roth? Adam Sandler would have been a great, interesting choice. Punch Drunk Love anyone? When he smashes the glass sliding glass door at his sisters house? That's the character in Inglorious Bastards, not this turd from the Bar scene in Death Proof. He's so hard to watch. WTF! really.
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Torture Porn Flames on Optimus Nipples on Batman Nuke the Fridge SHUT THE FUCK UP
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Definitely. He would have been perfect. Eli Roth could not have been a worse choice. The awful script + the awful casting... I just can't imagine anything but an awful finished product.
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A forty-something lieutenant? I guess he got passed over a lot for promotion. Casting is definitely not working for me right now, but QT has a way of making these things work.
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I thought it was common in WW2 to have older than usual soldiers in lower ranks, because there were so many people who enlisted or were drafted? Some war historian should speak up now.
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He's too good for this crap. And also working with Tarantino is no longer a privilege...its a fucking burden. Like seriously what a dumb fucking casting call anyways. Brad Pitt playing a Hillbilly Jewish guy? What the fuck! And also I'm sick of Tarantino's pop culture bullshit. Oh and don't forget. The camera will focus on some chick's feet for 20 minutes! I hope it gets booed at Cannes.
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He's been in far too many good films to be stuck alongside Eli Roth and a TV actor.
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What happened to all you retard Tarantino fanboys who said that this would have an amazing cast?? Some lame character from the shittier version of the Office and Eli Roth. Yeah this is really turning out well. I hope Eli's character gets very little lines.
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At least he gets to do what he wants. You can't say that for 95% of directors out there.
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I don't really have love for Eli, but Novak is really good on The Office (especially as "super-douche" in the last season), and they're still casting this so chillax a bit people. <br><br> Portman is probably too old for Sho. I'd also prefer someone hotter.<br><br>And fuck Sandler. Anyone but him.
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Gets to do what he wants? Big fucking deal thats lame, I'd rather the studios push shit on him. Because then we wouldn't get the same formulaic garbage he's been churning out recently. I'm all for creative freedom, but Tarantino has had too much, and its no longer "creative". Its just tiresome.
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he is so darned threatening and such an imposing presence - it pays to have friends that make movies when youre an "actor" and film maker yourself - bear jew my ass - define "bear" for me - arent there any bear-like jewish actors in hollywood
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Pitt played an irish/scottish gypsy - if youre referring to "snatch" - not a big stretch - but i agree - not all jews look like groucho marx (or me)
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...having read the script - Pitt sounds like an imbecile when faced with anything involving alliteration or long words and generally struggles with anything more than a few lines of dialogue at a time (behold his painful-to-watch monologues in Fight Club). He is also rubbish at swearing, in fact just generally rubbish. I hope there are better castings than this. Simon Pegg?!? Fuck no - he can't act either. QT has lost his mind.
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Romola Garai.
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Shia as Hitler...this HAS to happen.
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Really like your suggestion of Ed Harris for Jew Hunter, but you're nuts suggesting Kristofferson...WAY too old.
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All right, let's get a few things straight. First, Pitt is highly underrated and I think gets hated on b/c he's so dreamy and whatnot. Nothing like trying to trash an actor by mentioning all the awesome movies he's been in (one of which earned him an Oscar nomination). Even look at other off-the-wall roles like Meet Joe Black (don't knock it) and Jesse James. I suppose he was just coasting off of Casey Affleck? Get out of here. You could just as easily go the other way and say that if Pitt lacked the chops, it would be that much more obvious when he's acting against Freeman, Norton, Hopkins, Bana, etc, etc.
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Eli Roth definitely sounds questionable, but in addition to being homeboys, he and Tarantino both can't seem to resist getting in front of the camera--with results ranging from mediocre to disastrous. Sandler would be umpteen-hundred% better. Also, I hear someone talking about how good it is for QT to be doing something original, but isn't this a remake? I love how all he has to do is simply put a catchy title onto a catchy premise, and all the sudden it is the movie event of the decade (how long have we been hearing about this thing anyway?). I think he's an unprofilic dude who's done some cool movies with ridiculously over-the-top dialogue. He's easily as overrated as a talent as Pitt is underrated.
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I'm sure BJ Novak is a fine writer, but as an actor he couldn't be less interesting. He's "in negotiations"? Is this because they're asking him to do it for free, or because somebody actually thinks he's some kind of it-boy?
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Who's going to govern California while he does this movie? Does anyone really think he is (or could) do this film given the timetable? Stallone would be cool, and I'd love to seem him acting off of Pitt and some younger dudes. Bale would be cool, too--I know he's a flavor-of-the-month now, but he's the genuine article.
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I could see him being as awesome as usual in a film like this. Also, great to hear Pitt is on board.
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nuff said
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shosanna.. evan rachel wood, ellen page (more hard candy then juno), alexis bledel or tania raymonde.. any would work. Make fun of LaBeouf.. but he would be a good addition.. in my lame opinion. In fact he should have been cast instead of BJ Novak.. nothing against BJ's.
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Been a bit anxious for this one to pan out for the past few years of “developmental hell” that it’s been stuck in for Kill Bill…or pushed aside for the Mandarin flick that Tarantino was itchin’ to do…thank Christmas that didn’t happen. Overall…I am & always will be a huge fan of Tarantino’s but he is & can come across a bit…eccentric from time to time. Inglorious should be a goody…but it’s going to be chock full of criticism over ripping from films like “the Good the Bad & the Ugly” (b‘cuz he always pulls on this one) & the original Inglorious B’s. In the end…QT is good at what he does…whether you think that’s him being a copy cat or not…the man has flare & he’s a credit to the genre…no matter which one it is he’s waxing & directing. Personally I like his earlier materials more than I did the Kill Bill flic/flics & Death Proof. Nothing touches Jackie Brown for me. I still remember seeing that in the theatre & being so surprised at how deep the characters were & how well he pulled the emotions out of them. I hope he can do the same with IB & get back to form. I like the addition of Pitt…or Pitt being the landmark of the film…then again…I’m a huge fan of Pitt in the end…no shame there.
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Aug. 10, 2008, 4:06 a.m. CST
Brad Pitt in a Tarantino flick? - - I'm nearly sold already.
by JDanielP
I'll be watching for the trailer.
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He's the only one of the americans who's not jewish.
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