On Wednesday, we found out how the duo met and how “Basterds” came to be. In part two of the conversation, they talk about the battle between today and 10 years ago, the Nazi rewrite that made Brad scratch his head and how Quentin himself nearly played Brad’s character. Stay tuned Friday for part three.

On coming around to Tarantino’s historical rewrite:

Quentin Tarantino: I loved it when you were on the “Charlie Rose” show talking about “Benjamin Button” and Charlie Rose goes: “So, I hear you’re doing a movie about World War II.” Well, it takes place during World War II, but I don’t know if this is really about World War II.

Brad Pitt: To me, this is the cap on the Nazi-focused films. It’s just like [the Nazi film] to end all films. Where else are you gonna go after this?

Tarantino: That’s one of the things [“Basterds” star] Christoph [Waltz] said. He goes: “I think Quentin has killed the German Nazi film for all time.”

Pitt: Seal it. It’s done.

Tarantino: [Pitt] was very sweet when we had our big discussion about the movie, because he didn’t quite know about the ending. He had questions.

Pitt: Yeah, absolutely I did. [Laughs.] Are you kidding me?

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‘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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