Tarantino fires 'Inglourious Basterds' star for failing rehearsal

American director Quentin Tarantino admitted that he fired French actress Melanie Laurent before the start of filming the film “Inglourious Basterds”. The reason was an unsuccessful reading of the script, during which the actress could not convincingly perform the role of Shoshanna Dreyfus. In Jay Glenny’s book about the creation of the film, the director called her performance terrible and said that he immediately decided not to cooperate.

However, a few days later, Laurent personally contacted the director and asked her to give her another chance. The actress explained the failure of poor health and offered at his own expense to fly to Germany to audition again. Tarantino agreed to reconsider on the condition that she spend three days with him in rehearsals, after which she returned the role.

The director also said that during the preparation of the film fired Isabelle Huppert, who was supposed to play the woman who sheltered Shoshanna in Paris. Due to the protracted negotiations on the contract, the actress did not come to read the script, after which she was replaced by Maggie Chun, but all scenes with this character were subsequently cut out. Laurent Tarantino now highly appreciates and emphasizes that she perfectly coped with the role in the film released in 2009.

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