Aug 6 2008QT Casting Eli Roth and Britney Spears in Things
Variety is reporting that Quentin Tarantino's pal Eli Roth is up for the role of a "baseball bat-swinging Nazi hunter" in Inglorious Bastards, and, in more what the eff territory, always-trustworthy "sources" are saying Britney Spears is in talks to play a lesbian stripper in QT's remake of Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! From the more interesting story:
Spears' character murders the boyfriend with her bare hands before taking the girlfriend hostage. The troubled singer will also have sex scenes with another girl before the drama ends in a blood-bath. Tarantino is in discussions with other Hollywood stars to take the roles of the remaining two strippers. A source said: "Quentin is convinced Britney will be brilliant. She's delighted. She thinks it could turn her career around.
Back in the Pulp Fiction days, Tarantino became sort of known for his ability to revive a dying career when he cast John Travolta in a lead role, but this is a whole new level of joke career he's dealing with. In 1994, Travolta was surprising because he'd been doing almost nothing but TV movies and Look Who's Talkings for years prior. Seeing him as Vincent Vega, it was believable because he'd been such a non-presence for so long that you could forget it was John Travolta. Casting Britney Spears doesn't work that way. It's like casting current John Travolta, aggravatingly prominent in the public eye because he's a nutcase. No matter what role she takes, there's no way to forget or forgive you're looking at Britney Spears. Maybe I'll be proved wrong, but the best case scenario I can see is leaving the theater thinking, "Wow, she really took me back to the time when it would have been shocking and/or desirable to see her as a stripping lesbian."
Reader Comments
1. gordonrush12 - August 6, 2008 4:29 PM
great idea if it was 1999... now not so much... if only this was pulp fiction part 2
2. JAY - August 6, 2008 4:50 PM
QT SUKS. I saw Rus Meyer's FPKK back in '65 when it first hit the screens, what a POS! Is this to become Tarrentino's legacy, remaking old B- movies with the likes of BS? Come on Quenton, bring your unique vision to something fresh and original! Give us something edgy and over-the-top with all your usual subtilties.
3. Andrew - August 6, 2008 5:12 PM
Fuckin' disgusting...not Britney Spears, because no matter all the negative things we say about her, we'd still like to see her in a lesbian sex scene, but the fact that QT is making shit now! And Eli Roth??? Are you kidding me?? Since when could he act, or direct for that matter....QT your thoroughly a disappointment
4. Eddy - August 6, 2008 6:32 PM
Faster Pussycat Kill Kill is a really strange movie anyway. Its way too weird for Miss Spears. I just can't see her as a killer. Or a lesbian.
5. The Invincible B-Rad - August 7, 2008 8:49 AM
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37837
FPKK! is not happening. Its just a rumor with no basis in reality, so don't worry.
6. Racer X - August 7, 2008 10:51 AM
I hope he cast new big boobed actresses.
7. ANGRY BROOMSTICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - August 7, 2008 11:51 AM
what a fucking pervert.
8. battlecat - August 7, 2008 4:30 PM
is it just me or is quentin tarentino incapable of writing an original script on his own? another remake? really?reservoir dogs, jackie brown and soon to be inglorious bastards wasnt enough? not to mention that kill bill 1 and 2 were more or less mash ups of every kung fu movie he has ever seen thinly veiled as an "homage" to the genre. pulp fiction and fom dusk till dawn are the closest he has ever come to original story writing, roger avery wrote 2/3rds of pulp fiction and from dusk till dawn was garbage. so now russ meyers?
9. entropic_soul - August 8, 2008 10:23 AM
Not just you. Tarantino is trash.