Since its release in 1994 , Quentin Tarantino’sPulp Fictionhas become substantive movie viewing . And while it ’s regularly cite as the film that upraise John Travolta ’s then - sagging vocation , a documentleaked on Redditreveals that the part of Vincent Vega — which earned Travolta his first Oscar nominating address in 17 class — was really written for Michael Madsen .
Though the legitimacy of what is being denote to as Tarantino ’s " casting wish lean " has not been sustain , the list of potential actors — many of whom have work with the Oscar - winning filmmaker — does seem genuinely Tarantino - esque . ( Who else would write lead roles for Madsen , Tim Roth , and Amanda Plummer ? )
According to the typed document , Travolta was Tarantino ’s 2nd choice for the function of Vincent ; Alec Baldwin , Michael Keaton , and Gary Oldman were also among QT ’s most wanted for the part . He also included Oldman as a possibility for the roles of Pumpkin ( which was written for , and played by , Tim Roth ) or Vega ’s drug dealer , Lance ( Eric Stoltz ’s role ) .
Another surprisal : John Cusack was Tarantino ’s first choice to spiel Lance ; he had in reality written the part for theSay Anythingstar .
As for Vincent ’s partner , Jules Winnfield , that part waswritten for Laurence Fishburne , with Samuel L. Jackson and Eddie Murphy as Tarantino ’s 2nd choices . He also specifically noted " no rapper . "
The indirect request list also revealed that Uma Thurman was not even in the original running to play Mia Wallace ; Virginia Madsen , Alfre Woodard , Jennifer Beals , Pam Grier , Bridget Fonda , and Angela Bassett were all name as " strong theory . " In addition , Bruce Willis was n’t on the original list of actors to play Butch ; the role was written for Matt Dillon , with Sean Penn , Nicolas Cage , Aidan Quinn , and Johnny Depp as desirable replacements .
If only Tarantino had had the clout to get his room back in the twenty-four hour period , the history of pop civilization would search a lot different .
