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From Dusk by M.G. Ryan6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The two hit it off right away, and even played a vintage Welcome Back Kotter board game together when they first hung out. ![]() He learned this when Travolta went there to meet with him. What made Travolta perfect in Tarantino's mind? Already a fan of the actor, it turns out that his Hollywood apartment was the exact same one that Travolta lived in when the star was starting out in the business. He also suggested Sean Penn or William Hurt. Still, before Travolta was considered for Vega, Tarantino toyed with the idea of casting Tim Roth as Vega with Gary Oldman as Jules, thinking to rewrite their characters as "two English guys." But the director really wanted Roth to play the diner robbery man Pumpkin opposite Amanda Plummer, and so he set his sights on Travolta, despite Miramax producer Harvey Weinstein's insistence that My Left Foot Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis take the role, who really wanted to do it. Then, Madsen was forced to pass on Pulp Fiction, having already committed to appear in Wyatt Earp for director Lawrence Kasdan. Travolta was actually in discussions to play Seth Gecko in Tarantino's From Dusk 'Til Dawn, but he simply didn't want to do a vampire movie. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs (aka Vic Vega, presumably Vincent's brother). But the role originally was meant for Michael Madsen, who played Mr. After being reduced to playing third wheel to talking babies and dogs in the Look Who's Talking movies, Travolta's career was practically flatlining before the role of Vincent Vega gave him a second lease on life in Hollywood. ![]()
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