Sean Penn, Nick Cage, and Johnny Depp were in contention for the role. Tarantino wrote the part of Butch, played by Bruce Willis, for Matt Dillon.Wallace, who was played by Uma Thurman, doesn’t even appear on Tarantino’s list.Virginia Madsen, Marisa Tomei, Phoebe Cates, Patricia Arquette, Robin Wright, and Pam Grier were considered for the role of Mia Wallace.In addition to Fishburne and Jackson, Eddie Murphy was considered for the role of Jules.Among the names considered for Vincent were: Alec Baldwin, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Dennis Quaid, and Denzel Washington.Jackson, was the top choice for Jules Winfield. Michael Madsen, not John Travolta, was Tarantino’s first choice for the role of Vincent Vega. Since the list is particularly dense, I’ll bullet point some highlights: The point being is that perhaps it’s my lifelong love for Pulp Fiction that’s skewing my perception, but I find this list of Quentin Tarantino’s casting choices for the film to be mesmerizing. Work hard and maybe you’ll get lucky is the life lesson I’ve learned from that one. And I’ve never looked back since, as my livelihood is now built upon writing about these very movies. I’d never seen anything like either of those moments before to such an extent that I instantly knew these movies were something different, they were on another. Contrast that with Pulp Fiction, which opens with a meaningless conversation in a quiet California diner before exploding into a robbery. The *first scene* in GoodFellas is Tommy stabbing Billy Bats in the chest with a kitchen knife. What I remember most, though, is the fact that I was probably too young to be seeing them. I distinctly remember the first time my parents showed me both of these films. Of those four, though, there’s no question that GoodFellas and Pulp Fiction are the most important movies in my life, as they were more or less responsible for shaping my interest, and general opinion, of movies. Ironically, figuring out what my fifth favorite is - because who doesn’t like a nice, clean “Top 5”? - has proven to be more difficult, although Blade Runner 2049 makes a strong case. I can tell you my four favorite movies of all time of right off the top of my dome, although the order in which I rank them often changes: The Dark Knight, GoodFellas, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Pulp Fiction.
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