Quentin Tarantino Fired Mélanie Laurent From ‘Inglourious Basterds’
According to Variety, Quentin Tarantino revealed in Jay Glennie's new book, 'The Making of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds,' that he fired Mélanie Laurent before the 2009 production began due to a terrible table read. Tarantino stated, 'Mélanie Laurent’s table read was terrible. It wasn’t good enough to be terrible.' However, Laurent was eventually rehired for the lead role of Shosanna Dreyfus. Tarantino also noted that he axed Isabelle Huppert from the project for failing to show up.