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John Travolta asked Tarantino to change a scene in Pulp Fiction
In Pulp Fiction, Vincent Vega accidentally shoots Marvin in the car while driving with Jules.
The scene became one of the film’s best-known moments.
John Travolta later said he found it difficult to accept the version first planned.
He worried it would make Vincent seem cruel and that he could not play the scene with a comic tone.
The original script had Vincent shoot Marvin in the throat, then shoot him in the head to end his suffering.
Travolta suggested changes to director Quentin Tarantino to make the scene lighter.
Those changes helped turn the violent moment into an absurd scene, rather than one that played only as cruelty.
John Travolta asked Quentin Tarantino to change a scene in Pulp Fiction because he worried its original version would make his character seem too cruel.
The scene follows Vincent Vega accidentally shooting Marvin in a car.
Travolta said he feared he could not give the scene a comic tone.
He proposed changes to make the scene lighter, and the article says the changes helped turn it into an absurd, comic moment.
Travolta described the scene as the most difficult part of the project for him to accept.
- Who
- John Travolta asked director Quentin Tarantino to change the scene.
- What
- Travolta proposed changes to the scene in which Vincent accidentally shoots Marvin in a car.
- When
- The discussion took place during the making of Pulp Fiction; the date is not stated.
- Where
- The scene takes place in a car. The film is set in the United States, but the article does not state where this scene was filmed.
- Why
- Travolta feared the original version would make Vincent seem too cruel and worried he could not make the scene comic.
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Cette scène a été pour moi la plus difficile à accepter dans ce projet
C'était la scène qui ressemblait le plus à la scène de torture de Reservoir Dogs
Je tire une balle dans la gorge du type et il est toujours vivant ! Je dois donc lui tirer une balle dans la tête pour abréger ses souffrances. Et ensuite, on s'occupe du chaos.
The scene was written with Vincent shooting Marvin in the throat before shooting him in the head.
Travolta asked Tarantino to change the scene to make its tone lighter.
- Film
- Pulp Fiction
- Director
- Quentin Tarantino
- Actor who requested changes
- John Travolta
- Character who shoots Marvin
- Vincent Vega
- Victim
- Marvin, played by Phil LaMarr
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