This is the weirdest fucking cast, but okay.
Inglorious Bastards writer/director Quentin Tarantino has cast actors Diane Kruger, Christoph Waltz and Paul Rust in the Weinstein Co./Universal drama.
They join Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Mike Myers, Michael Fassbender, B.J. Novak and Samm Levine.
Kruger ("National Treasure" films) plays German actress Bridget Von Hammersmark, who figures prominently in a plot to sabotage the Nazis. It is a role for which Nastassja Kinski was first mentioned.
Waltz, who is best known in Germany for his television work, has la
Is Quentin Tarantino Compromising ‘Inglorious Bastards’?
When Quentin Tarantino made his bold statement at Cannes that he would be there in one year with Inglorious Bastards, everyone laughed and shook their heads saying “Ooh, Quentin, you rascal, you” and then continued about their business. Pretty much immediately after the amusing quote, Tarantino went and finished his script and then started casting and scouting locations like a mad man; this told us he was actually serious and was out to prove it.
So here we are. The movie is looking to start
Vulture’s ‘Inglorious Bastards’ Casting Scorecard
With shooting for Quentin Tarantino's ensemble WWII epic, Inglorious Bastards, scheduled to begin in October — and just eight and a half months until the movie's promised screening at 2009's Cannes Film Festival — casting news has been trickling in daily for the past few weeks. Which roles have been filled? Which ones are still open? And when will Quentin find a suitable Hitler? After the jump, with the help of the screenplay, we break it down for all the film's major-ish speaking parts —
Michael Fassbender Cast in Inglorious Bastards
Michael Fassbender, who played Stelios in 300, is now in talks for Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming World War II film Inglorious Bastards. Fassbander is German and speaks the language fluently. So lets recap: Brad Pitt is signed on to star. Mike Myers and Eli Roth are also on board, and Nastassja Kinski, David Krumholtz and B.J. Novak are still in talks to join the cast.
Diane Kruger's Tarantino role
Diane Kruger has joined the cast of Quentin Tarantino's upcoming film.The 'National Treasure' actress will star alongside 'Fight Club' actor Brad Pitt, 'The Love Guru' funnyman Mike Myers and 'Hostel' director Eli Roth in war movie 'Inglorious B*****ds'. Comment on this Article
She will play Bridget Von Hammersmark, a German actress who gets caught up in the titular group's plot to attack the Nazis.Also on board are 'Semi-Pro' actor Paul Rust and German TV actor Christopher Waltz, who will play the evi
Diane Kruger's Tarantino role
Diane Kruger has joined the cast of Quentin Tarantino's upcoming film.The 'National Treasure' actress will star alongside 'Fight Club' actor Brad Pitt, 'The Love Guru' funnyman Mike Myers and 'Hostel' director Eli Roth in war movie 'Inglorious B*****ds'. Comment on this Article
She will play Bridget Von Hammersmark, a German actress who gets caught up in the titular group's plot to attack the Nazis.Also on board are 'Semi-Pro' actor Paul Rust and German TV actor Christopher Waltz, who will play the evi
Movie News - Tarantino Finds Two New Bastards
And the Tarantino casting craze continues…
According to The Hollywood Reporter, German-born
Inglorious Casting Continues: Kruger, Schweiger Cast
Casting news continues to surface on Quentin Tarantino's war epic Inglorious Bastards. Today The Hollywood Reporter announced Diane Kruger has been cast in the role of Bridget Von Hammersmark, a role for which Nastassja Kinski had originally been rumored. Kruger will portray a German actress who aids the Nazis in their infiltration of a movie premiere.
Also joining the cast is German star Til Schweiger as a member of the Nazi killer team under Brad Pitt's Lt. Aldo Raine.
Shooting of Inglorious Bastards
Unfortunate Inglorious Bastards casting news.
Quentin Tarantino turned John Travolta's entire career around with a memorable role in "Pulp Fiction," and now he's lending a similar hand to Mike Myers. According to Variety, the comedian who packed them in with the "Austin Powers" series and is the voice of the world famous green ogre "Shrek," is set to join the cast of the director's WWII thriller, "Inglorious Bastards."
No, this isn't some bizarre revamp of Myers character Fat Bastard from the "Powers" films. Instead, Tarantino's long-await
Another German Bastard
Quentin Tarantino finds Til Schweiger for Inglorious Bastards.
Quentin Tarantino Gets His German Girl
German actress Diane Kruger, best known for her work in "Troy" and the "National Treasure" movies,...... <a href="http://www.postchronicle.com/news/entertainment/article_212168902.shtml"><b>More</b>
Troy stars reteam for Quentin Tarantino
German actress Diane Kruger is to reteam with Troy co-star Brad Pitt in Quentin Tarantino's new war movie Inglorious Bastards.Kruger will play a German movie star in the film, which features Pitt as a hillbilly leading a band of Jewish vigilante soldiers in World War Two. Comment on this Article
She says, "I just found out I'm going to do Tarantino's next film with Brad Pitt and I'm very excited. Quentin just called."Both stars have been part of the Venice Film Festival in Italy this past week - Pitt w
Troy stars reteam for Quentin Tarantino
German actress Diane Kruger is to reteam with Troy co-star Brad Pitt in Quentin Tarantino's new war movie Inglorious Bastards.Kruger will play a German movie star in the film, which features Pitt as a hillbilly leading a band of Jewish vigilante soldiers in World War Two. Comment on this Article
She says, "I just found out I'm going to do Tarantino's next film with Brad Pitt and I'm very excited. Quentin just called."Both stars have been part of the Venice Film Festival in Italy this past week - Pitt w
Tarantino gets his French girl
Diane Kruger has been cast in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglorious Bastards," and German star Til Schweiger also has nabbed a role in the World War II movie.
Tarantino gets his French girl
Diane Kruger has been cast in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglorious Bastards," and German star Til Schweiger also has nabbed a role in the World War II movie.
Tarantino gets his German girl
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - German actress Diane Kruger, best known for her work in "Troy" and the "National Treasure" movies, has joined the cast of Quentin Tarantino's World War II movie "Inglorious Bastards."
She will play a glamorous German actress, a role that had been pegged for Nastassja Kinski. Tarantino flew to Germany to meet Kinski, but a deal wasn't reached.
"Bastards" revolves around a French girl's revenge on the Nazis and also follows a band of American Nazi killers. Bo
Tarantino hires Austin Powers
Say goodbye to Mike Myers as you know him. The funnyman is set to wipe smiles off faces by playing a military mastermind who plots to wipe out Nazi leaders.
And after his last efforts in The Love Guru flopped, a change of direction is probably not a bad thing.
Quentin Tarantino has hired the Austin Powers star to join Inglorious Bastards, his new film which starts shooting in October.
Brad Pitt recently confirmed he would be starring in the flick, opposite Eli Roth. The Pulp Fiction filmmaker clearly has
Troy Stars Reteam For Quentin Tarantino
German actress Diane Kruger is to reteam with Troy co-star Brad Pitt in Quentin Tarantino's new war movie Inglorious Bastards. Kruger will play a German movie star in the film, which features Pitt as a hillbilly leading a band of Jewish vigilante soldiers in World War Two.... <a href="http://www.postchronicle.com/news/entertainment/tittletattle/article_212168783.shtml"><b>More</b>
Tarantino Casts 'The Jew Hunter' In 'Inglorius Bastards'
Chief villain of 'Inglorious Bastards' Hans Landa 'The Jew Hunter' has been cast and will be played by 51-year-old German TV actor Christoph Waltz. Landa is the diabolical Nazi colonel who demonstrates a useful knack for sniffing out hiding Jews in Axis-occupied Europe.
German movie star Bridget Von Hammersmark will now be played by Diane Kruger (Troy).
Paul Rust, who played 'Wheelchair Darren' in 'Semi-Pro' has also joined the cast.
Shooting is scheduled to start in seven weeks!
Expect more cast announ
Casting Couch: Quentin Finds Fraulein; Pen??lope and Pedro Together Again
(E! Online)
E! Online - • Quentin Tarantino is swapping muses. Uma Thurman is out and Diane Kruger (Troy) is in as the femme fatale in the Pulpmeister's highly-anticipated World War II drama, Inglorious Bastards.
Kruger, Waltz & Rust Joining Inglorious Bastards
Inglorious Bastards writer/director Quentin Tarantino has cast actors Diane Kruger, Christoph Waltz and Paul Rust in the Weinstein Co./Universal drama.
Quentin Snags a Few More 'Bastards'
Bastards, bastards, bastards! The best part about Quentin Tarantino appropriating the title for his upcoming movie from Enzo Castellari's high-energy original is that I get to satisfy my inner 11-year-old and tell you all about the latest Inglorious Bastards withour fear of recrimination from parental figures. Diane Kruger is the highest-profile new bastard, according to Variety, joined by Christoph Waltz and writer / actor / comedian Paul Rust.
Kruger, the hellenic beauty who first made a splash on these
Diane Kruger Joins Pitt, Myers in 'Inglorious Bastards'
The cast of Quentin Tarantino's WWII action-drama, 'Inglorious Bastards,' just got even more star-studded. 'National Treasure' leading lady Diane Kruger has signed on to join the likes of Brad Pitt and Mike Myers in the film, says the Hollywood Reporter.
Kruger will play Bridget Von Hammersmark, a German actress who allies with Pitt and Myers' plot to take down the Nazis. Kruger was born in Germany and will speak both German and English in the movie, says the Reporter.
Pitt will play a Tennessee hillbill
More Inglorius Bastards Cast
German star Til Schweiger will play a member of the Nazi killer team, bloodthirsty maniac Hugo Stiglitz, the German-born member of Lt. Aldo Raine's American squad of angry, vengeful Nazi-killing Jews, or Wilhelm Wicki, an Austrian-born American Jew that Raine has taken into the the same squad.
Also aboard the project is Daniel Brühl ("The Bourne Ultimatum"), Brühl may be playing the wily Gestapo major Dieter Hellstrom, or perhaps Nazi sniper-hero Frederick Zoller.
The Weinstein Co./Universal co-producti
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Following on from her upcoming role as John Keats's love interest, Fanny Brawne, in Jane Campion's Bright Star, the Australian actress, whose film credits include Somersault, Candy and Stop-Loss, has reportedly won the role of Cathy, Heathcliff'
