Quentin Tarantino is one fine auteur filmmaker who has managed to bring exciting and thrilling narratives to the big screen. His unique sensibilities and whacky ideas make him a distinct voice in filmmaking and he has made some of the most acclaimed and iconic films. His casting choices have also been an exciting feature of his films.
He has collaborated with some of the finest actors in the industry including Samuel L. Jackson, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Brad Pitt among others. Tarantino’s films have frequently mentioned Madonna and her songs and the director had an interesting response when asked about whether he is interested in working with the singer.
Quentin Tarantino Had a Unique Response to Madonna and Her Acting Chops
Quentin Tarantino seems to be a big fan of Madonna and her musical career. In the opening scene of his debut film Reservoir Dogs, the characters of the film discuss and debate about the meaning of Madonna’s song Like a Virgin. When the filmmaker was asked about whether he wanted to work with the singer in a film, he had a rather unique/controversial take on the matter
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Tarantino claimed that Madonna was the only actor in the 1990 Al Pacino-starrer film Dick Tracy, who knew the full potential of her. The director also expressed his desire to work with her if the right opportunity comes. He said,
“I’ve always said that Madonna has gotten a bad rap. She was the only actor who knew what she was doing in Dick Tracy. She was my favorite in A League of Their Own. If I had something right for her, I would totally cast her.”
Madonna has been in a series of scandalous moments throughout her career which has affected her reputation, as Tarantino mentions in his statement. It includes the highly controversial music video of her song Like a Prayer which was boycotted by various religious groups.
Her highly awkward 1994 appearance on David Letterman’s show also hurt her career as she was observed behaving unprofessionally while on air. (via Biography). In recent years, her 2015 Coachella moment with Drake and her ongoing feud with 50-Cent have also been controversial. (via The Economic Times).
Quentin Tarantino’s Unrealized Star Trek Film Would Have Been the Greatest One Yet
Some time back, Quentin Tarantino had expressed his desire to helm a Star Trek film. However, the project never materialized and the director got busy with other projects. Writer Mark L. Smith recently talked to Collider about what the maverick director would have brought to the franchise.
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Smith claimed that the director’s Star Trek would have been a hard R take on the IP and it would have been the greatest film in the franchise ever made. He said,
“I think his vision was just to go hard. It was a hard R. It was going to be some Pulp Fiction violence. Not a lot of the language, we saved a couple things for just special characters to kind of drop that into the Star Trek world,
But it was just really the edginess and the kind of that Tarantino flair, that he was bringing to it. It would have been cool. it would be the greatest Star Trek film, not for my writing, but just for what Tarantino was gonna do with it.”
The director has two projects in development. He revealed (on the 2 Bears 1 Cave podcast) that he will be shooting a TV series this year. In addition to that, he is set to direct his last feature film called The Movie Critic which is expected to start shooting sometime next year.
