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The Matrix (1999) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
- Michael Madsen as Vincent Vega
- Matt Dillon as Butch Coolidge
- Meg Ryan as Mia Wallace
- John Cusack as Lance
- Laurence Fishburne as Jules Winnfield
- Danny Devito as The Wolf
- Pam Grier as Jody
- Daniel Day-Lewis as Vincent Vega
- Johnny Depp as Pumpkin
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Mia Wallace
Tarantino’s first choice for the role of Vincent Vega was Reservoir Dogs’ Michael Madsen. However, Madsen instead chose to take an offer for Kevin Costner’s biopic of Wyatt Earp, a decision he’s since come to regret. In the larger Tarantino-verse, Vincent Vega is the brother of Vic Vega, a.k.a. “Mr. Blonde,” who Madsen played in Reservoir Dogs. If ...
When Tarantino was writing Pulp Fiction, he’d promised the role of boxer Butch Coolidge to Matt Dillon, who’d been a big star since his revelatory turn in Gus Van Sant’s Drugstore Cowboy. However, when he gave Dillon the completed script, the actor read it and said, “I love it. Let me sleep on it.” Since he was looking for an actor who was desperat...
Although Tarantino wanted to cast Uma Thurman as Mia Wallace after their first meeting, the producers were hoping to cast a more established star (the kind of established star Thurman would become overnight after the release of Pulp Fiction). One of the names that came up when the producers were searching for a better-known actor than Thurman was M...
On Tarantino’s casting wish list for Pulp Fiction, John Cusack is listed as the first choice for the role of Vincent’s heroin dealer Lance, with the eventual casting of Eric Stoltz marked down as the second choice. RELATED: 5 Most Unexpected Plot Turns In Pulp Fiction (& 5 Most Shocking Death Scenes) The director noted on the casting wish list, “Wr...
Although Samuel L. Jackson ended up being the perfect choice to play Jules Winnfield, the role was originally offered to The Matrix star Laurence Fishburne, who turned it down because of its depiction of heroin use. Fishburne felt that the movie made heroin use seem “attractive” and that its portrayal was “cavalier.”
Harvey Keitel was always Tarantino’s top choice for the role of Winston “the Wolf” Wolf, because the character was based on Keitel’s crime scene cleaner role in the movie Point of No Return. Before Keitel was secured for the role, the studio suggested Danny DeVito. The future Always Sunny star ultimately produced Pulp Fictionthrough his company Jer...
Courtney Love claimed to have been offered the role of Lance’s wife Jody in Pulp Fiction, and that Tarantino wanted Kurt Cobain to play Lance, but Tarantino denied that he’d ever even met Love. According to Tarantino’s casting wish list, blaxploitation legend Pam Grier was one of the top choices to play Jody. Grier ended up playing the title role i...
Long before he would play corrupt oil tycoon Daniel Plainview in Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood, Daniel Day-Lewis actively lobbied for the role of Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction. RELATED: Pulp Fiction - Jules' 5 Best Quotes (& Vincent's 5 Best) Although Day-Lewis was Harvey Weinstein’s top choice, he had little chance of landing the role,...
Tim Roth was always Tarantino’s top choice for stickup artist Pumpkin, having worked with the actor on Reservoir Dogs, but in case Roth was unable to play the part, the writer-director included a few backup choices on his casting wish list. According to this wish list, the second choice after Roth was Johnny Depp, who’d made his name a decade earli...
From Michelle Pfeiffer to Alfre Woodard to Isabella Rossellini, a ton of different actors were considered for the role of Mia Wallace. Surprisingly, Elaine Benes herself, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, was one of them. Louis-Dreyfus had to turn down the role because the shooting schedule clashed with that of Seinfeld. The bickering back-and-forth between Jul...
Aug 19, 2020 · Fishburne was offered the iconic part of Jules Winnfield, famously played by Samuel L Jackson, ... In the same interview Fishburne, who played Morpheus in the Matrix films, ...
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Feb 16, 2023 · Samuel L. Jackson Was Mistaken For Laurence Fishburne When He Auditioned For Pulp Fiction. Speaking to Vulture, Jackson shared that he was greeted by the casting people as "Mr. Fishburne", as they mistook him for Laurence Fishburne, who was previously offered the role of Jules Winnfield but turned it down. This didn't sit well with Jackson, who ...
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The Matrix (1999) ← Back to main. Cast 36. Keanu Reeves. Neo Laurence Fishburne. Morpheus Carrie-Anne Moss. Trinity ... Jules Cook. Assistant Art Director
Nov 23, 2022 · But like any actor, the The Matrix alum has turned down some prolific roles in his time. One of those roles was hitman Jules Winnfield in the cult classic Pulp Fiction , which served as Samuel L ...
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Aug 21, 2020 · The actor was offered the role of Jules Winnfield. Laurence Fishburne has revealed the reason why he passed on playing Jules Winnfield in Quentin Tarantino classic Pulp Fiction. Speaking to ...
