Bruce Willis attempted to convince Quentin Tarantino to cast him as Vincent or Jules in Pulp Fiction before ultimately taking the role of Butch. Quentin Tarantino opens up about how he cast Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction. Now a cult classic, Pulp Fiction was originally released in 1994.
How did Bruce Willis get the part in Pulp Fiction?
Dillon ultimately declined the role, and Tarantino was without a Butch. After a surprise meeting with Willis at actor Harvey Keitel's home, Willis was eventually cast in the role.
How did John Travolta get the role in Pulp Fiction?
Jules' partner-in-crime, working for Marsellus Wallace. Tarantino cast Travolta in Pulp Fiction because Michael Madsen, who had played Vic Vega in Reservoir Dogs, chose to appear in Kevin Costner's Wyatt Earp instead. Madsen has since expressed regret over his decision.
Butch accepted a bribe from Marsellus to lose the fight, but he double-crosses him and arranges for the money to be bet on him, and goes on to win the fight. On his way back to the motel, he learns that he beat his opponent so badly that he died, and plans to escape to another place the next morning.
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Why did Vincent not like Butch?
Why was Vincent hostile to Butch? Vincent was under the false impression that Butch was a corrupt fighter as shown by his insults (“palooka,” “punchy”). Vincent may also have seen Butch receive part of his purse from Marcellus after Marcellus directed Butch to throw his next fight, which Butch agreed to do.
It turns out, we have an answer, and it's been known online for a while now. I was researching something completely unrelated when I stumbled on a strange fact that kind of blew my mind: Butch, the boxer played by Bruce Willis, is the character who keyed Vega's car.
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Why is there a band-aid on Marsellus' neck? The actor Ving Rhames simply had a rather ugly looking scar on the back of his neck and so the make-up artist covered this up with a band-aid so that the scar didn't distract the audience too much.
Marsellus wanted Butch dead, but after going through a series of unexpected and traumatic events together, Butch saved Marsellus – and a theory suggests it's because he was honoring the story Captain Koons (Christopher Walker) told him about his father.
It shows that everyone has the potential to become a peacemaker, just as Jules becomes one at the very end of the movie. Humanity and meaning is present in "Pulp Fiction," if you look underneath the surface, and that is what gives the film its purpose, rather than the actual happenings of the film itself.
Pulp Fiction deals with themes of redemption and karma. Thus, when Jules and Vincent narrowly miss being shot, Jules decides to retire from his bad business, but Vincent chooses to carry on. Jules' character faces a redemption arc, whereas Vincent does not, resulting in his death.
DeVito is a producer on "It's Always Sunny" as well as a member of the main cast, but he has also produced a number of hugely successful projects entirely from behind the camera, including the television series "Reno 911!," "Erin Brockovich," "Garden State" and Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction."
Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American neo-noir black comedy crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino that tells several stories of criminal Los Angeles. The title refers to the pulp magazines and hardboiled crime novels popular during the mid-20th century, known for their graphic violence and punchy dialogue.
The film's epilogue scene shows the resolution of the hold-up in the diner, and serves as the ending for Samuel L. Jackson's Jules. Having chosen to leave his criminal life behind him, Jules resolves the situation with Pumpkin and Honey Bunny peacefully, showing that he has put himself on the path to redemption.
Vincent comes out of the bathroom to find Butch pointing Marcellus' gun at him. After a few tense seconds, Butch shoots Vincent dead, avenging his early insult. It is unknown if Jules Winnfield, Mia Wallace, Marsellus Wallace, Lance, Jody, Jimmie or Winston Wolfe were informed of Vincent Vega's death.
Marcellus Threw Antoine "Tony Rocky Horror" Roquamora out of a balcony over what was believed to be him giving Mia Wallace a foot massage...not sucking her toes.
When it came to jotting down who he wanted for the characters, Tarantino opted for Michael Madsen, with whom he'd already worked on Reservoir Dogs in 1992, and Laurence Fishburne. He also wrote down Jackson for the role of Marcellus Wallace, a character who was ultimately played by his first choice – Ving Rhames.
Sporting two memorable hairdo's, it was Travolta's slicked-back hair and Jackson's jerry curl wig that would long be remembered following the film's release in 1994.
Neither Mia nor Vincent are professional dancers, but their choreography made it one of the most iconic scenes in film history, and it's assumed that those strange but fun dance moves are what made them win the contest, as they went back to Mia's house with the trophy… but a hidden detail in Pulp Fiction reveals that ...
Blonde/Vic (Michael Madsen), who turned out to be siblings and were going to star in their own movie, titled Double V Vega. Speaking to CinemaBlend, Tarantino explained that Double V Vega would have seen Vincent and Vic in Amsterdam, where Vincent had been running a club for Marsellus.
