German actress Diane Kruger has appeared in dozens of movies, but other than the National Treasure flicks, few have been seen by American audiences. Her appearance in Quentin Tarantino's new film should expose her talents to a much wider audience.
In Inglourious Basterds, Kruger plays Bridget von Hammersmark, a popular film star in Nazi Germany who is secretly spying for the Allies. She admits to The Insider that she was not Tarantino's original choice for the role.
I fought for the part. I knocked down doors. I wasn't meant to be in this movie at all — Quentin had someone else in mind, and for whatever reason that didn't work out, and then I finally got to audition and that was it.
He doesn't care who you are or what you have done before — he totally resurrected Bruce Willis's career and John Travolta's career. So just being hired by him is the greatest compliment anyone can pay you.
Inglourious Basterds stars Brad Pitt, Mike Myers, Diane Kruger, B.J. Novak, Julie Dreyfus, and Eli Roth.