100 Greatest Movies of All Time Quote/Trivia of the Day #19 1) Jules - Now Yolanda, were not gonna do anything stupid, are we? Yolanda - Dont you hurt him. Jules - Nobodys gonna hurt anybody. Were gonna be like three little Fonzies here. And whats Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda whats Fonzie like? Yolanda - Cool? Jules - What? Yolanda - Hes cool. Jules - Correctamundo. And thats what were gonna be. Were gonna be cool. 2) Marsellus - You hear me talkin, hillbilly boy? I aint through with you by a damn sight. Ima get medieval on your ass. -Jules, Yolanda and Marsellus (Samuel L. Jackson, Amanda Plummer and Ving Rhames in Pulp Fiction) Quentin Tarantino seemed to be reinventing the pleasures of movies with this ingeniously time-bent yarn of bad behavior, surf rock, and outlaws who talk like pop-culture junkies. Did you know? The shot of Vincent plunging the syringe into Mias chest was filmed by having John Travolta pull the needle out, then running the film backwards. Quentin Tarantino wrote the role of Jules specifically for Samuel L. Jackson, however it was almost given to Paul Calderon after a great audition. When Jackson heard this, he flew to Los Angeles and auditioned again to secure the role. Calderon ended up with a small role as Paul. The passage from the Bible that Jules has memorized was mostly made up by Quentin Tarantino and Samuel L. Jackson. The only part thats similar to what the Bible says is the part where he says, And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger. And you will know My name is the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon thee. However, the parts about the righteous man and the shepherd are not real. When Vincent calls Lance on his cell phone, Lance is eating a bowl of Fruit Brute, a cereal from the older monster cereal family. Fruit Brute (which, along with Yummy Mummy, Frankenberry, Boo Berry, and Count Chocula, make up the monster cereals) was later discontinued, along with Yummy Mummy. Quentin Tarantino has held onto a box and drops it into scenes from time to time. It appeared in Reservoir Dogs, too. Uma Thurman originally turned down the role of Mia Wallace. Quentin Tarantino was so desperate to have her as Mia, he ended up reading her the script over the phone, finally convincing her to take on the role. Quentin Tarantino hesitated over the choice between the character he was going to play: Jimmie or Lance. He ended up choosing Jimmies role because he wanted to be behind the camera in Mias overdose scene. In the diner when Mia orders her $5 shake, Buddy Holly (the waiter, Steve Buscemi) asks her if she wants it Martin and Lewis or Amos and Andy? He is referring to two comedy duos - Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, two white men; The Amos n Andy Show, two black men. Basically, he is asking her if she wants a vanilla shake or a chocolate shake. Daniel Day-Lewis (who incidentally shares a birthday with Uma Thurman) wanted the role of Vincent Vega, but Quentin Tarantino turned him down in favor of John Travolta. Juless character was originally written to have a gigantic afro, but a crewmember obtained a variety of afro wigs and one jheri curl wig. Quentin Tarantino had never thought about a jheri curl wig, but Samuel L. Jackson tried it on, Tarantino liked it, and it was kept. Quentin Tarantino wrote The Wolf character specifically for Harvey Keitel. Isabella Rossellini, Meg Ryan, Daryl Hannah, Joan Cusack and Michelle Pfeiffer were all interviewed for the role of Mia Wallace. Out of all of them, Tarantino said he preferred Pfeiffer. Several TriStar executives favored Gary Oldman for the role of Lance, based on his portrayal of a similar character in the Quentin Tarantino-written True Romance. Pam Grier auditioned for the role of Lances wife Jody. Though she had a great audition, Quentin Tarantino decided not to cast her because he could not imagine Grier getting pushed around the way the character does.
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