{
  "id": 19738342,
  "title": "Why Quentin Tarantino Initially Fired Mélanie Laurent and Isabelle Huppert From ‘Inglourious Basterds’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/why-quentin-tarantino-initially-fired-melanie-laurent-and-isabelle",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-13T01:40:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hollywood Reporter",
    "slug": "the-hollywood-reporter",
    "url": "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-fired-melanie-laurent-isabelle-huppert-inglourious-basterds-1236754336/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In Jay Glennie’s new book, The Making Of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino discusses the casting upheaval that occurred before production began on his 2009 film. The director revealed that both Mélanie Laurent and Isabelle Huppert were initially fired from the project following issues with their table reads.\n\nAccording to The A.V. Club, Tarantino described Mélanie Laurent’s initial table read as \"terrible\" and subsequently fired her. However, Laurent was able to convince the director to \"return to square one\" by requesting to read for the role of Shosanna Dreyfus again, which impressed him enough to rehire her. Regarding Isabelle Huppert, The A.V. Club reports that she failed to show up for her table read.\n\nThe Hollywood Reporter notes that the filmmaker expressed a commitment to finding the best actors possible for his film, stating, “If it’s not right, it is not right. I don’t owe them sh**. I owe my film the best actors I can find.”",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Tarantino Fired Mélanie Laurent From ‘Inglourious Basterds’ After ‘Terrible’ Table Read and Axed Isabelle Huppert for Not Showing Up: ‘I Don’t Owe You Jack S—‘",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/tarantino-fired-melanie-laurent-from-inglourious-basterds-after",
        "published": "2026-11-11T22:56:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The A.V. Club",
        "title": "Quentin Tarantino fired Isabelle Huppert and cut Maggie Cheung's scenes from Inglourious Basterds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/quentin-tarantino-fired-isabelle-huppert-and-cut-maggie-cheungs",
        "published": "2026-11-12T14:42:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}