Director Quentin Tarantino has harsh phrases for actress Rosanna Arquette after she criticized his determination to incorporate a racial slur in “Pulp Fiction.”
Arquette, who performed the spouse of drug vendor Lance (Eric Stoltz), in Tarantino’s Oscar-winning cult basic, referred to as the 1994 movie nice and iconic on “a lot of levels” however condemned the use of a racial slur in a Sunday Times interview printed on March 7.
“But personally, I am over the use of the [slur] – I hate it. I cannot stand that [Tarantino] has been given a hall pass,” she mentioned. “It’s not art, it’s just racist and creepy.”
Quentin Tarantino on the Burbank International Film Festival Gala on Sept. 28, 2025, in Burbank, California. / Rosanna Arquette on the 2026 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 23, 2026, in Park City, Utah.
The “Kill Bill” director slammed Arquette’s remarks in an announcement shared with USA TODAY on Tuesday, March 10, accusing her of solely critiquing him for the press protection.
“I hope the publicity you’re getting from 132 different media outlets writing your name and printing your picture was worth disrespecting me and a film I remember quite clearly you were thrilled to be a part of?” his assertion learn.
USA TODAY has reached out to Arquette’s representatives for remark.
Quentin Tarantino bashes Rosanna Arquette after she calls the director out
Tarantino responded to Arquette’s claims that she harbors resentment over the cash she did not obtain after the movie’s launch. “Do you feel this way now? Very possibly,” he continued. “But after I gave you a job, and you took the money, to trash it for what I suspect is very cynical reasons, shows a decided lack of class, no less honor.”
He additionally criticized her for not exhibiting “esprit de corps,” which he believes ought to exist amongst inventive colleagues. “But it would appear the objective was accomplished. Congratulations Q,” the director concluded.
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Along along with her disapproval of the racial slur in “Pulp Fiction,” Arquette additionally mentioned she was the one one that did not get a backend share of the film’s takings, which she blamed on Harvey Weinstein, who was a producer on the film. “Everybody made money except me,” she advised the Sunday Times.
Arquette was among the actresses interviewed for a 2017 expose of Weinstein printed in The New Yorker earlier than the Hollywood titan was sentenced to jail time for a series of sexual assaults. Weinstein has denied all wrongdoing.
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The actress recounted an encounter within the early ’90s when she met with Weinstein concerning the movie’s script, and he greeted her in a bathrobe earlier than trying to place her palms on his genitalia.
“I was fortunate because I was not raped,” she advised the outlet. “But, boy, was it going there and I paid a price for saying no, and later I paid a price for telling the truth.”
Contributing: Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY
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