For Quentin Tarantino's final film, The Movie Critic, it seems he is keen to get as many previous collaborators involved as possible.
The Academy Award winner has previously suggested that his 10th movie (if you count Kill Bill as one whole movie) will be his last before he moves on to writing more novels.
In March of 2023, it was announced that his final production would be focused on a movie critic living and working in the 1970s. He has subsequently said that the critic "used to write reviews for a porno rag."
Tarantino's leading man is yet to be announced, but there are already major rumours regarding the supporting cast.
It was previously reported that the director had reached out to Bruce Willis' family to see if the star would be healthy enough to make an appearance despite his tragic battle with dementia. Then, another Pulp Fiction actor was mentioned, as Tarantino wants to reunite with Vincent Vega himself, John Travolta.
He has opened his little black book again, as according to Hollywood insider Jeff Sneider, he has approached Kurt Russell to appear in The Movie Critic.
The pair previously worked on Death Proof, The Hateful Eight and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
HOT RUMOR via THE HOT MIC: Death Proof and The Hateful Eight star KURT RUSSELL expected to be part of the cast of Quentin Tarantino's final film THE MOVIE CRITIC. pic.twitter.com/PvBCiDzDqa— Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) October 12, 2023
Who will star in The Movie Critic?
According to another Hollywood insider Daniel Richtman, the actor chosen to play the lead character, reportedly named Jim Sheldon, is Paul Walter Hauser.
The 36-year-old has put together an impressive resume as of late, featuring in movies like I, Tonya, BlacKkKlansman, Late Night, Da 5 Bloods and Cruella. For his role as the serial killer Larry Hall in Blackbird he won a Critics' Choice Television Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Richtman reports that Hauser and Tarantino had contact before the writer's strike which has halted numerous movie and television productions in Hollywood.
Hauser's casting would make sense as the director previously said he would work with someone new for his final movie.
"I haven’t decided yet but it’s going to be somebody in the 35-year-old ball park. It’ll definitely be a new leading man for me," he explained earlier this year.
"I do have an idea of somebody I can imagine doing it really well."
When asked if he would consider a British star for the role, he replied: "No. The truth of the matter is, yes, obviously, a Brit could pull it off, but I don’t want to cast a Brit."
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