Quentin Tarantino almost associated himself with Michael Madsen and John Travolta for a cross film

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Michael Madsen was a character actor with many credits with his name, making his mark on the cinema in everything, from “Wargames” to the franchise “James Bond” in “Die Another Day”. But he will always be better known for his collaborations with director Quentin Tarantino, starting with the revolutionary tube of the 1992 filmmaker “Reservoir Dogs”. While the two have worked together again several times, they also almost revisited the character of Madsen “Reservoir Dogs”, Mr. Blonde.

Mr. Blonde de Madsen was immortalized thanks to the sadly famous torture scene in “Reservoir Dogs”, but Mr. Blonde was only the code name for the robbery that goes south in the film. His real name? Vic Vega. If this name seems familiar, it is because Tarantino has another character who bears this name in his filmography – namely, Vincent Vega by John Travolta, who helped anchor “Pulp Fiction” from 1994. Yes, these two characters are linked. They are brothers. Tarantino had, at one point, even the intention of concentrating a film on the Brothers and Sisters Vega.

In the light of Madsen’s recent death at the age of 67, it is worth looking at this distant from Spin-Off, which she could have been and why she never happened. For the moment and forever, it will be something that exists in the country of what could have been rather than what is.

Without explaining why the film did not occur (more about it later), it is worth discussing what we know about the proposed film and what it could have looked like. Like fans of Tarantino’s filmography will surely remember, Mr. Blonde / Vict dies in “Reservoir Dogs”, just like Vincent Vega in “Pulp Fiction”. Interestingly, Madsen has in fact refused the role of Vincent Vega in “Pulp Fiction” because of his commitment to “Wyatt Earp”.

If Madsen had played the role, it would probably have killed this idea of ​​Vega Brothers before she even takes off, unless Tarantino wants to make him play double roles. However, with Travolta to put his stamp on the character, he opened things. In 2020, Madsen discussed what Tarantino had in mind for the film Vega Brothers, including what his story would have involved. In short, it would have been a prequel that takes place in Amsterdam. By Madsen:

“We were supposed to be in Amsterdam, criminally. The photo was going to start with us two free prison in different states. And we open a club in Amsterdam.”

In the first pieces of “Pulp Fiction”, Vincent reveals to Jules that he has just returned to Los Angeles in Amsterdam. However, the actors are both a little older, the idea of ​​prequel has become less and less practical. Tarantino, when he was still planning to make the film, also had a solution for that. By Madsen:

“He had found this idea that it would be the twin brothers of Vic and Vincent, who met after the death of their brothers and sisters. It was very complicated, but when Quentin begins to discuss an idea, it is very easy to accompany him.”

The entire twin concept is certainly quite wacky, but there again, Tarantino has a gift to make what might seem a bad idea on moving paper (with “Inglourious Basterds” may be the first example). Anyway, Tarantino moved to other efforts in the 1990s, including writing and the spotlight in “From Dusk Till Dawn”, as well as “Jackie Brown”. (He even directed an episode of “Er”.)

Essentially, the project has just been pushed to the side by other creative efforts. It is nothing unusual either; Most of the directors selected have a mountain of projects that never see daylight. It’s just the nature of the beast. In 2007, Tarantino discussed the proposed film, which would have been entitled “Double V Vega”. Here is what he had to say about it at the time:

“His name was” Double V Vega “. In fact, it would have happened while Vincent was in Amsterdam, when he run one of the clubs of Marcellus in Amsterdam. Now they, they [the actors] are too old for that. “”

Tarantino, as it exists, is one of the few Hollywood filmmakers who can almost do whatever he wants to do. This is why he plans to retire after heading his next film. He won this right now, but that was not always the case. In this way, it is not difficult to see why, at some point, a cross film that united two characters from a pair of successful beloved films would make sense. But other projects have taken up priority, and this, thanks largely to the ravages of time, fell to the edge of the road.

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