For years, Quentin Tarantino has been saying that he intends to retire from filmmaking after directing 10 movies to prevent himself from losing touch with his audience. 2019’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood brought the grand total to nine, so if Tarantino is going to stick to his plan, he’s only got one movie left before calling it a day.
Like most auteurs, Tarantino has a roster of regular collaborators. Since the director’s final movie is their last chance to work with him, there are a lot of actors like Samuel L. Jackson that fans are hoping to see in Tarantino’s cinematic swansong.
10 Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson didn’t appear in Tarantino’s first movie – although he did audition for a part – but, arguably, no actor is more inextricably tied to Q.T.’s filmography than Samuel L. Jackson. No actor is more adept at delivering Tarantino’s poetic, unwieldy dialogue or more in tune with the writer-director’s pulpy cinematic universe than Jackson.
The actor’s starring roles in Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, and The Hateful Eight all rank among his finest performances. Hopefully, he’ll collaborate with Tarantino one more time before the director retires.
9 Kurt Russell
After seeing Kurt Russell relegated to schmaltzy movies like Miracle, Quentin Tarantino decided to bring back the badass Kurt Russell he remembered from movies like Escape from New York by casting him as Stuntman Mike in his grindhouse slasher Death Proof.
Russell has since reappeared in The Hateful Eight and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Even if it’s just a small role, he should pop up in Tarantino’s tenth and final directorial effort.
8 Uma Thurman
The role of Mia Wallace in Pulp Fiction made Uma Thurman an overnight star, and she later played an even more memorable role for Tarantino as the vengeful “the Bride” in Kill Bill.
If Tarantino’s fabled final film turns out to be Kill Bill: Volume 3, then Thurman will naturally be receiving a call. But even if it’s not a Kill Bill threequel, Tarantino should still find a role for Thurman in his final work.
7 Tim Roth
Tarantino has been working with Tim Roth since the very beginning of his career. Roth played Mr. Orange in the director’s debut feature Reservoir Dogs, then played the memorable supporting role of Pumpkin in the bookend scenes of Pulp Fiction.
The duo recently reunited when Roth played Oswaldo Mobray in The Hateful Eight. It would bring Tarantino’s filmography full circle if the star of his first movie reappears in his final one.
6 Zoë Bell
Zoë Bell first collaborated with Tarantino when she was Uma Thurman’s stunt double in Kill Bill, but the director ended up casting her in a few acting roles.
She played Six-Horse Judy in The Hateful Eight, stunt coordinator Janet in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, a tracker in Django Unchained, and a fictionalized version of herself in Death Proof. The stage is set for Bell to return in Tarantino’s tenth and final movie.
5 Bruce Dern
After making a cameo appearance in Django Unchained, Bruce Dern was given a more substantial role as a veteran Confederate in The Hateful Eight. When Burt Reynolds passed away, Dern was cast to replace him as George Spahn in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Dern has appeared in all of Tarantino’s movies since 2010, so it would make sense for the Silent Running star to show up in his next one, too.
4 Michael Madsen
After playing the sadistic Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs and turning down the role of Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction, Michael Madsen went on to play major roles in Kill Bill and The Hateful Eight.
He cameoed as one of Rick Dalton’s Bounty Law co-stars in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but he should be given a much bigger role in Tarantino’s final movie.
3 Pam Grier
Quentin Tarantino only ever worked with Pam Grier once – when she played the title role in Jackie Brown – but that one collaboration was enough to prove they’re terrific creative partners.
Grier’s blaxploitation classics were a major influence on Tarantino’s filmmaking and their first collaboration resulted in arguably the director’s most mature and underrated film. Her return in Q.T.’s final movie would certainly be welcome.
2 Harvey Keitel
After giving unforgettable performances as Mr. White and “The Wolf” in Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, respectively, the only appearance Harvey Keitel made on Tarantino’s filmography was a voice cameo in Inglourious Basterds.
In 2019, Keitel reunited with one director he hadn’t worked with in a while – Martin Scorsese, with whom he made The Irishman – and if he enjoyed that, maybe he’d consider reuniting with another renowned auteur.
1 Christoph Waltz
When Tarantino was casting Inglourious Basterds and struggling to find somebody to play Col. Hans Landa, he worried he’d written an unplayable role. And then Christoph Waltz showed up to save his movie. After working with Waltz on Basterds, Tarantino wrote the role of German dentist-turned-bounty hunter Dr. Schultz in Django Unchained specifically for him.
But after Waltz won Oscars for both of those roles, he hasn’t been cast in another Tarantino movie. For his final film, Tarantino should make room for Waltz.
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May 09, 2021 at 05:30AM
