Tim Roth Talks 'Inglorious Bastards' and 'Pulp Fiction' Spin-Off!
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I just got off the phone with Tim Roth, who, of course, stars as Emil Blonsky/Abomination in The Incredible Hulk (due out on Friday). We'll post our entire interview later this week, along with two reviews of the new (and definitely improved) Hulk, but to whet your appetite, here are a few non Hulk-related nuggets from the man himself. When I asked Roth about Inglorious Bastards and how Quentin Tarantino claimed to be heading for pre-production, he had this to say: "It's something me and Quentin had talked about over the years, and I don't know what's happening. If Quentin wants me, I'm there. But it's been years and years in the making. It's gonna be fun, though. If it's coming from Quentin, it's gonna be fun. I'm perfectly happy to roll up; I don't even need to read the script. Just tell me where to stand."Additionally, and I thought this was kinda fun, I asked Roth if there were any characters of his he'd like to revisit at some point down the line. That's when he replied, "I'd like to do the Pulp Fiction character." I asked if he'd talked with Tarantino about doing a spin-off flick with Pumpkin and Honey Bunny: "Yeah, we did -- we talked about it before, because he thought they would've been good in Natural Born Killers; those two characters. We've often talked about it -- day dreams -- about taking those characters and making a film around them."
What say you? Would you be up for a Pulp Fiction spin-off featuring Pumpkin and Honey Bunny?
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(Page 1)2. My god! I thought I was the only one! Yes! Definately!
Seriously, he's like freakin Sanjuro...walking the land on his own terms yet fighting evil where ever it lurks. And I actually saw Pumpkin and Honey Bunny making an appearance since they kinda owe Jules a favor.
Forget the Vincent Brothers...that idea has no flavor...
Posted at 6:28PM on Jun 10th 2008 by Ben B.
3. QT won't be happy till every single character in all his films get thier own movie. When's he going to start work on "The Gimp"? I think Tarantino needs to continue to forge ahead, no sequels, prequels, or spin-offs. Just keep looking forward, not back.
Posted at 5:58PM on Jun 10th 2008 by Midnight13
4. How many spin-offs has he actually done? None. He toyed with the idea of doing "The Vega Brothers" as a prequal, but seeing as how Madsen and Travolta are much older now that idea probably isn't going to happen. He said he'd like to do a sequel to "Kill Bill," which isn't definite. Even if it does get made it won't be made for years to come. And a film with Pumpkin and Honey Bunny is an idea that Tim Roth wouldn't mind doing. Where is any of this actually set in stone? He is moving forward.
Posted at 4:04AM on Jun 23rd 2008 by HomicidalClown
5. Midnight: "When's he going to start work on 'The Gimp'?"
I got a good laugh out of that. Tarantino's career has been so strange and, frankly, disappointing. I still think "Reservoir Dogs" is his best movie, maybe even a perfect movie. It was short, tight, exciting, unpredictable, and hilarious. It was very well-edited. Since "Kill Bill" he seems incapable of editing *anything* out of his movies, probably because so many people have told him he is brilliant (especially with dialogue) that whatever he films is brilliant, resulting in scenes like the 30 minutes of boring barroom banter in "Grindhouse." He needs to learn to return to his RD roots and be a ruthless editor with his own material.
Posted at 12:53PM on Jun 23rd 2008 by hello_world
6. I would start camping out in front of the theater the second that was announced.
(Well, not literally. But I would be dying of excitement.)
Posted at 8:14PM on Jun 11th 2008 by AJ Wiley
7. It all makes you wonder how the real Americans are taking all of this, especially in wartime. That's the real curiosity.
Posted at 9:23PM on Aug 8th 2008 by The Non-Watchman
1. I always wanted to see a followup movie with Jules Winfield. You know, Walk the Earth...like Kane in Kung Fu.
Posted at 4:13PM on Jun 10th 2008 by mello one