‘A Tarantino character — we all want to get one of those,’ Pitt says as he and Quentin Tarantino sit down with MTV News for a chat.
If you want a big movie star, you can’t get much more A-list than Brad Pitt. If you want a great director, good luck finding a living one with more passion, creativity and talent than Quentin Tarantino. And if you want an instant classic of a film, look no further than this weekend’s “Inglourious Basterds.”
Recently, the two men who’ve separately blessed us with everything from “Pulp Fiction” to “Fight Club,” “Kill Bill” to “Se7en,” “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” to “Reservoir Dogs” sat down together for a truly unique conversation. MTV News is proud to be the exclusive home for this chat, which explores everything from the juiciness of landing a Tarantino character to why Brad’s agent kept Quentin away, to why Pitt is Hollywood’s first choice when it comes to playing a hillbilly.
On how “Basterds” came to be:
Brad Pitt: This thing was a gift. It landed in my lap and six weeks later we were shooting; you don’t want to change a thing. I compare it to working with a Coen brothers script, because the dialogue is so spot on. And there’s a music to it — if you take one step off the trail, you just muck up the whole thing. And so you stay on course. It was really so defined and laid-out — I’m gonna get a lot more credit for this one than I should.
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