

#KILL BILL VOLUME 1 OR 2 MOVIE#
“Yes, this is my samurai movie yes, this is my badass chick movie yes, this is my spaghetti western and my comic book movie. “She got pregnant, and I was like, 'Okay, do I wait or do I not?' But I can honestly tell you that I didn’t have a choice,” Tarantino told the BBC. Then, Thurman got pregnant, so the long-gestating idea got put on hold again. Tarantino and Thurman conceived of The Bride together while shooting Pulp Fiction, so there was only ever one actress to play the role. QUENTIN TARANTINO PUT THE MOVIE ON HOLD WHEN UMA THURMAN GOT PREGNANT. Tarantino also copied a short headlock sequence from Game of Death during The Bride’s fight with Vernita Green (Vivica A. THE BRIDE’S YELLOW JUMPSUIT IS AN HOMAGE TO BRUCE LEE.Īs a nice sartorial tribute, The Bride wears a killer outfit meant to mimic the iconic ensemble Bruce Lee wore in Game of Death. Thurman’s character goes by a series of code names throughout the first installment, and her real name is bleeped to keep us from knowing it, but it’s printed clearly on her plane ticket to Tokyo (and Bill calls her “Kiddo,” which turns out not to be a nickname). If you look fast or pause the movie, you don't need to wait until the movie's second installment to learn The Bride's name. THE BRIDE’S NAME IS HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. Turns out The Bride didn’t need to last that long. If you haven’t, you might not last five minutes.” Four minutes and 59 seconds after O-Ren steps forward to start the fight, she gets part of her head cut off. O-REN ISHII’S GENERIC THREAT CAME TRUE.īefore O-Ren Ishii fights The Bride, she mocks her in Japanese by saying, “Hope you’ve saved your energy. They didn’t fake it-though it was Thurman’s stunt double, Zoë Bell, who actually did it. During the scene where The Bride gets the sword from Hattori Hanzo, he throws a baseball at her which she cuts in two.
