Tarantino

Ultimately, of course, Travolta was cast in the role after Tarantino pushed hard for him.

Tarantino would name his production company with Lawrence Bender, A Band Apart, after the film.

Tarantino would later cast Chiba in a cameo as legendary sword maker Hattori Hanzo in Kill Bill: Vol.

Tarantino wrote it there over several months in his hotel, as well as the “coffee shop” Betty Boop.