{"id":2319966,"date":"2026-03-09T17:01:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2319966"},"modified":"2026-03-09T17:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:01:19","slug":"rosanna-arquette-calls-tarantino-creepy-for-slur-in-pulp-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rosanna-arquette-calls-tarantino-creepy-for-slur-in-pulp-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosanna Arquette calls Tarantino &#8216;creepy&#8217; for slur in &#8216;Pulp Fiction&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/11\/27\/USAT\/87497236007-2237984960.jpg?crop=4866,2737,x0,y177\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Quentin Tarantino slams &#8216;Hunger Games&#8217; as &#8216;rip off&#8217; of &#8216;Battle Royale&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Quentin Tarantino has slammed &#8220;The Hunger Games&#8221; franchise, calling it up a &#8220;rip off&#8221; of the Japanese film &#8220;Battle Royale.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bang Showbiz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2019\/08\/08\/rosanna-arquette-feels-so-much-shame-over-being-white-privileged\/1962475001\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2019\/08\/08\/rosanna-arquette-feels-so-much-shame-over-being-white-privileged\/1962475001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Pulp Fiction&#8221; star Rosanna Arquette<\/a> is speaking out against director <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/08\/17\/quentin-tarantino-the-movie-critic-cancellation\/85703125007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/08\/17\/quentin-tarantino-the-movie-critic-cancellation\/85703125007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quentin Tarantino<\/a>&#8216;s decision to include a racial slur in the film.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/life-style\/celebrity\/article\/rosanna-arquette-harvey-weinstein-the-moment-charli-xcx-interview-0j3csql9h\">In an interview with the Sunday Times<\/a> published Saturday, March 7, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2019\/11\/01\/jane-fonda-catherine-keener-rosanna-arquette-arrested-climate-protest\/4124484002\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2019\/11\/01\/jane-fonda-catherine-keener-rosanna-arquette-arrested-climate-protest\/4124484002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arquette, 66,<\/a> blasted <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/12\/07\/matthew-lillard-quentin-tarantino-paul-dano\/87655671007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/12\/07\/matthew-lillard-quentin-tarantino-paul-dano\/87655671007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tarantino<\/a> for the choice, saying that she still has love for the movie but can&#8217;t stand what she sees as Hollywood&#8217;s lenience <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/12\/03\/quentin-tarantino-paul-dano-there-will-be-blood\/87581813007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/12\/03\/quentin-tarantino-paul-dano-there-will-be-blood\/87581813007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">with the director<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s iconic, a great film on a lot of levels. But personally I am over the use of the [slur] \u2013 I hate it,&#8221; she told the outlet. &#8220;I cannot stand that [Tarantino] has been given a hall pass.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">As &#8216;Pulp Fiction&#8217; turns 30, <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2024\/10\/14\/quentin-tarantino-movies-ranked\/75630040007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">we rank all Quentin Tarantino movies<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not art, it&#8217;s just racist and creepy,&#8221; she continued.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2020\/01\/24\/russell-simmons-accusers-backed-rose-mcgowan-alyssa-milano\/4562269002\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2020\/01\/24\/russell-simmons-accusers-backed-rose-mcgowan-alyssa-milano\/4562269002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arquette<\/a> played Jody, wife to drug dealer Lance (Eric Stoltz), in the 1994 film. Her role, though small, became part of the film&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2024\/10\/14\/quentin-tarantino-movies-ranked\/75630040007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2024\/10\/14\/quentin-tarantino-movies-ranked\/75630040007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continued cult canon lore<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/08\/29\/wizard-of-oz-at-sphere-opens\/85748697007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/08\/29\/wizard-of-oz-at-sphere-opens\/85748697007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Desperately Seeking Susan&#8221; actress<\/a> also said she harbors some resentment for the money she didn&#8217;t see from the film&#8217;s release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m the only person who didn&#8217;t get a back end [a share of the takings]. Everybody made money except me,&#8221; she told the Sunday Times. She went on to blame her lack of cut <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/people\/2017\/10\/27\/weinstein-scandal-complete-list-accusers\/804663001\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/people\/2017\/10\/27\/weinstein-scandal-complete-list-accusers\/804663001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on Harvey Weinstein<\/a>, the movie&#8217;s producer, who has since been sentenced to prison time for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/pages\/interactives\/news\/harvery-weinstein-timeline\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/pages\/interactives\/news\/harvery-weinstein-timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a series of sexual assaults<\/a>. Arquette was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2019\/09\/02\/harvey-weinstein-new-hulu-documentary-untouchable\/2159806001\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2019\/09\/02\/harvey-weinstein-new-hulu-documentary-untouchable\/2159806001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">among the actresses<\/a> interviewed for a 2017 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2020\/02\/24\/harvey-weinstein-trial-verdict-celebrity-reaction\/4856988002\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2020\/02\/24\/harvey-weinstein-trial-verdict-celebrity-reaction\/4856988002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expose of Weinstein<\/a> published in The New Yorker, which helped pull the curtain back on decades of alleged sexual misconduct perpetrated by the Hollywood titan. Weinstein has denied all wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>The actress told the Sunday Times that in the early &#8217;90s she met with Weinstein about the film&#8217;s script and he greeted her in a bathrobe, then attempted to put her hands on his genitalia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was fortunate because I was not raped,&#8221; she told the outlet. &#8220;But, boy, was it going there and I paid a price for saying no, and later I paid a price for telling the truth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quentin Tarantino slams &#8216;Hunger Games&#8217; as &#8216;rip off&#8217; of &#8216;Battle Royale&#8217; Quentin Tarantino has slammed &#8220;The Hunger Games&#8221; franchise, calling it up a &#8220;rip off&#8221; of the Japanese film &#8220;Battle Royale.&#8221; Bang Showbiz &#8220;Pulp Fiction&#8221; star Rosanna Arquette is speaking out against director Quentin Tarantino&#8216;s decision to include a racial slur in the film. 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