Quentin Tarantino reveals why Johnny Depp was on a leaked casting list for Pulp ... trends now
Director Quentin Tarantino has been making the press rounds lately promoting his new book Cinema Speculation, and he recently opened up about an infamous leaked casting list for his 1994 classic Pulp Fiction.
The 59-year-old filmmaker appeared on the "2 Bears 1 Cave podcast with Tom Segura, when he was asked about the cast list, which featured suggestions for actors to play characters such as Pumpkin (Tim Roth), Honey Bunny (Amanda Plummer), Vincent (John Travolta), Lance (Eric Stoltz) and Jody (Rosanna Arquette).
When asked why he had made such a comprehensive list for the characters, Tarantino - who revealed earlier this month his 10th film will be his last - stated he wanted to get a bunch of names who were 'pre-approved' by producers, with Depp second on the list to play Pumpkin, behind Roth.
Casting: Director Quentin Tarantino has been making the press rounds lately promoting his new book Cinema Speculation, and he recently opened up about an infamous leaked casting list for his 1994 classic Pulp Fiction
Pumpkin: The 59-year-old filmmaker appeared on the 2 Bears 1 Cave podcast with Tom Segura, when he was asked about the cast list, which featured suggestions for actors to play characters such as Pumpkin (Tim Roth), Honey Bunny (Amanda Plummer), Vincent (John Travolta), Lance (Eric Stoltz) and Jody (Rosanna Arquette)
Johnny: When asked why he had made such a comprehensive list for the characters, Tarantino - who revealed earlier this month his 10th film will be his last - stated he wanted to get a bunch of names who were 'pre-approved' by producers, with Depp second on the list to play Pumpkin, behind Roth
'I didn’t know exactly who I wanted to play this part or that part, so I wrote a giant list with a ton of names,' Tarantino explained.
'I wanted to get them all pre-approved, and I didn’t know if it was gonna work out or if I would vibe with the person or if they would even do a good job. I just wanted to get them approved,' the filmmaker added.
He admitted that the list was, 'kind of all over the place but that was kind of the idea. I wanted to explore it.
Didn't know: 'I didn’t know exactly who I wanted to play this part or that part, so I wrote a giant list with a ton of names,' Tarantino explained
The typed list revealed that Tarantino wrote the role of Pumpkin for Roth, though Depp was second on the list, ahead of Christian Slater, Gary Oldman, Nicolas Cage, Eric Stoltz and John Cusack.
The director revealed that TriStar Pictures head Mike Medavoy took a look at the list and he wanted to offer the Pumpkin role to Depp first, and if he turned it down,
