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There was a deleted scene that involved Jules debating on what to do while Pumpkin (Tim Roth) and Honey Bunny (Amanda Plummer) were robbing the diner. In the scene, he shoots Pumpkin from under his table, then shoots and kills Honey Bunny. As she falls down, her gun goes off and kills the Long Hair Yuppie-Scum (Lawrence Bender). The scene then cuts back to Jules conversing with Pumpkin, showing that all the killings in the diner were entirely in Jules' mind.
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One of the biggest debates is what was in Marsellus Wallace's (Ving Rhames) briefcase. One of the most popular theories is that it contains Marsellus's soul. Tarantino has left it up to the fans to decide what is in it. The prop itself just had a lightbulb and battery inside it.
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Uma Thurman initially didn't want to be in the film. However, Tarantino was determined to have her play Mia Wallace, so he called her and read the script to her over the phone. That finally convinced her to be a part of the film.
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Vic Vega, a.k.a. Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) in Reservoir Dogs and Vincent Vega in this film are actually brothers. A prequel to both films, called The Vega Brothers, was supposed to be filmed, but was ultimately scrapped when both actors became too old to play younger versions of themselves.
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Though the part of Jules was written specifically for Samuel L. Jackson, Paul Calderon nailed his audition and almost landed the role. When Jackson found out, he flew to L.A. to do a second audition to secure it. Calderon was given a smaller role, Paul the bartender.
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Bruce Willis was a big fan of Reservoir Dogs, and his friend, Harvey Keitel (who played Mr. White in Reservoir Dogs and The Wolf in Pulp Fiction) was the one who convinced him to be a part of this film.
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Originally, Phil LaMarr's character, Marvin was supposed to get shot in the throat and die slowly and painfully. After getting shot in the throat and suffering, Vincent and Jules decide to shoot him in the head to put him out of his misery. Travolta was worried that would make the characters unlikable, so he went to Tarantino with the idea of Vincent accidentally shooting Marvin right in the head for an instant kill. Tarantino figured that the one shot kill would be funnier, so he agreed to the change. It was speculated for a while that LaMarr came up with the change, but he debunked this rumor.
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Tarantino spent time in Amsterdam while writing the script for Pulp Fiction. That's how he came up with the conversation that Vincent and Jules have in the beginning of the film.
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Uma Thurman was very nervous about doing the dancing scene with a famed dancer like Travolta. When she talked to him about it, he told her to "shut up and twist."
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Quentin Tarantino confirmed that Butch (Bruce Willis) was the one who keyed Vincent's car.
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Tarantino kept debating over whether to play Jimmie or Lance. He finally decided on Jimmie because, during the overdose scene, he wanted to be behind the camera. So, the role of Lance went to Eric Stoltz.
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The scene where Vincent Vega (John Travolta) has to plunge the syringe into Mia Wallace's (Uma Thurman) chest was actually filmed in reverse. They filmed John pulling the syringe from her chest and played the scene backwards.
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There is a theory that Butch's girlfriend, Fabienne (Maria de Medeiros) was pregnant with Butch's baby. She talked about looking at herself in the mirror and imagining what she would look like with a potbelly. When she got out of the shower, she was going to tell Butch something, but dismissed it when she saw he was fast asleep. The next day, she talks about having a huge, unusual breakfast.
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In the final scene, as the Diner's owner starts to plead to Pumpkin, he says, "Please, I'm just a coffee shop-" before getting interrupted by Pumpkin. As a gag, you can see the end credits credit the character as "Coffee Shop."
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While out with Vincent, Mia tells him about the pilot she was in, Fox Force Five. While describing the other girls in the force, fans have speculated that she's describing the female warriors in Kill Bill. She states, "There was the blonde one, she was the leader (Elle Driver, played by Daryl Hannah). The Japanese fox was a kung-fu master (O-Ren Ishii, played by Lucy Liu). The black girl was a demolition expert (Vernita Green, played by Vivica A. Fox). The French fox's specialty was sex (Sofie Fatale, played by Julie Dreyfus). The character I played was the deadliest woman in the world with a knife (The Bride, played by Uma Thurman). If this was intentional foreshadowing, I think it's brilliant!
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Steve Buscemi was almost up for the role of Jimmy, but he had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts. He had to take the smaller role of the Buddy Holly waiter in Jack Rabbit Slim's.
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Daniel Day-Lewis actually wanted to play Vincent Vega, but Tarantino denied in favor of John Travolta.
