Did you know about Quentin Tarantino's supposed foot fetish? Well, you can learn more in a report from MTV Movies in which cast members reflect upon the director's idiosyncrasies.
Regarding the foot fixation, the article cites Tarantino's many uses of foot close-ups in his movies, as well as his appearance on The Tyra Banks Show as a foot judge. Basterds cast member Diane Kruger recalled one conversation she had.
You know what? A journalist told me about the foot thing, and it's funny, I didn't know about it. And then he said, "You didn't know? Don't you have a foot scene in the movie?" And I said, "I actually do, that's so weird."
There's also a vague account of "Big Jerry," an "NC-17 toy" that Tarantino photographs with actors who fall asleep during production.
And Eli Roth, star in Basterds and director of the Hostel movies, talks about the director's "thoughtful precision."
Quentin — he's so careful about everything he does.... For Kill Bill, he spent a
year and a half writing one fight scene! And with Inglourious Basterds, he had written it over the course of eight years. He thinks about every character, and he thinks about every detail in the universe — there are very few directors that do that.
This Friday, we'll all be able to see Tarantino's nearly decade-long labor of love.