“I wished I didn’t”: Oppenheimer Director Christopher Nolan Regretted Reading Quentin Tarantino’s Script of One of His Most Epic Movies Ever
Christopher Nolan is the man behind the making of Hollywood blockbuster movies like Tenet, Interstellar, and Dunkirk.
The 52-year-old self-made director has been the man behind the making of some awesome breakthrough movies which end up making billions. One of his major hit movies includes his take on Batman, The Dark Knight Trilogy, and Memento.
Not only him but Quentin Tarantino, who is more popularly known for his fiction works. Tarantino has made his name with his great engaging fiction materials which were used in movies like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Django Unchained.
However, recently director of Oppenheimer shared that he regretted reading Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction script.
Christopher Nolan Regrets Reading Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction Script
Quentin Tarantino is more famous for his fiction materials and in fact, there are many movies by the Hollywood star which majorly include his fictional thoughts which have been appreciated by many fans around the world.
However, Christopher Nolan didn’t get that similar experience after he went through one of Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction scripts. Nolan has been known for his famous sci-fi movies which has always left fans with a huge excitement and joy.
During his interview with The New York Times, the Oppenheimer director shared how his works and thoughts when he was making his blockbusters movies like Inception.
“I think we’ve actually been quite clear in a funny sort of way. It’s really, at its core, a big action heist movie, and it’s a movie that doesn’t try to bamboozle the audience continuously,” Nolan explained.
Adding to his remarks, he also shared more in detail about his movie, Inception where he disclosed that he got a chance to go through the famous Pulp Fiction of his popular director friend, Quentin Tarantino.
“I was interning at a film company years ago, and I read the script for Pulp Fiction before I saw the movie, and I always regretted it. I’m a huge Reservoir Dog fan, I was really excited to see [Quentin Tarantino’s] next film. Reading the script wasn’t the same as seeing the film. And then seeing the film, having read the script, wasn’t the same as seeing the film.”
Furthermore, he added he did understand how the Pulp Fiction director thinks when it comes to making a fictional plot, but the fact the script and Nolan’s vision of the movie weren’t going in parallel made a negative effect on Nolan’s movie.
Quentin Tarantino’s Praise for Christopher Nolan
Tarantino has credited Nolan for many of his movies where in fact when Interstellar was released in 2014, he talked about how the Academy Award Winner took the overall cinematic experience to the next level.
“We’re waiting for the movie to start and it hit me. I realized that it hadn’t been since The Matrix that I was actually that interested in seeing a movie even though I didn’t know what I was going to see,” Tarantino once told The Guardian
Post watching his new Interstellar movie, the fiction movie maker went to the public sharing the list of movies by Nolan which he loved a lot.
“Christopher Nolan would be just as good of a filmmaker as he is, just as a potent filmmaker as he is if he was making movies in 1975. Or, if he was making movies in 1965. I’d like to see Chris Nolan’s version of The Battle of Bulge. That would be f***ing awesome,” Tarantino said.
However, there were times when Tarantino didn’t get to understand the vision of the movie made by Nolan. The movie was Tenet which was released back in 2020.
Nolan’s upcoming movie, Oppenheimer has been gaining a lot of traction post its release. The story of the movie has been adapted from a popular 2005 biography named American Prometheus written by Kai Bird.
The movie stars popular casting members including Cillian Murphy who is supported by other supporting casts like Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, and Josh Hartnett.
Also Read: “Cast Cillian Murphy”: Christopher Nolan Wants Oppenheimer Star to Play Him in a biopic
More Insights on Christopher Nolan’s Interview with New York Times
In the interview with Nolan, the star shared that he never really thought to make a sequel movie after Batman Begins movie.
He also shared that he already pitched to make a movie like this nine years ago but still, he was not ready to finish as he felt that he could have more experience to make a big new movie.
The maker of Interstellar also shared that he had an enjoyable time after the release of the Batman sequel where he went to Florida with his family and also he liked how his fans responded to the movie.
He even talked about how Ridley Scott and Michael Maan are so good with their works for bringing the best and most popular naturalistic movies which he really enjoyed watching.
Source: The New York Times
