Tarantino recalls Inglourious Basterds casting

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1. 20 May 2009Background

   Inglourious Basterds premieres in competition at Cannes in May 2009

   Quentin Tarantino's Second World War film, with Mélanie Laurent as Shosanna Dreyfus, premiered in competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

2. 21 Aug 2009Background

   Inglourious Basterds opens in US cinemas and becomes Tarantino's biggest hit

   Quentin Tarantino's Second World War film opened in the US in August 2009 and became his highest-grossing work to that date.

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   12 Nov

   Tarantino fired Mélanie Laurent after a bad read-through, then took her back

   In a new book on Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino admits he fired Mélanie Laurent after a rough read-through. Isabelle Huppert wasn't so lucky.