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Tarantino says he fired Laurent and Huppert.

Jay Glennie’s new book about the making of Inglourious Basterds revisits two casting decisions Tarantino says he made before production on the 2009 film. He says he fired Mélanie Laurent after a table read he described as “terrible,” and let Isabelle Huppert go for not showing up. Laurent’s story took a turn: Tarantino later rehired her for the leading role of Shosanna Dreyfus, a French cinema owner. He says he owed the film the best actors he could find. One early dismissal, at least, wasn’t the last word.

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Coverage started November 11