However, he had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts, and Kurt Russell took his place – but he also left the project, and so Ace Woody was merged with Walton Goggin’s Billy Crash. 2 (2004) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Years later, Costner was cast in Tarantino’s Django Unchained as Ace Woody, a Mandingo trainer and Calvin Candie’s (Leonardo DiCaprio) right-hand man. Other actors who were reportedly offered the role of Bill are Jack Nicholson, Kurt Russell, Mickey Rourke, and Burt Reynolds, but they all passed on the opportunity.Īnother big name in consideration to play Bill in both Kill Bill movies is Kevin Costner, who turned it down to direct and star in the western Open Range, which was very well-received by critics and audiences. Tarantino and Beatty haven’t worked together yet, and it’s unknown if the writer/director still has plans of making this collaboration happen at some point. In other interviews, Tarantino has said that had Beatty played Bill, he would have been more of a James Bond-type of character. His plan was for Bill to appear until the end of the movie, like Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now, but as he continued working on the character, he realized it wasn’t for Beatty, and they decided Kill Bill “shouldn’t be their first marriage”. Speaking to BBC in 2003, Quentin Tarantino confirmed that, while he was writing the character of Bill, he wanted Warren Beatty to play the part. Related: How Pulp Fiction Predicted Kill Bill (9 Years Early)Īlthough it’s now hard to imagine someone else playing Bill, David Carradine wasn’t Tarantino’s first option, and he actually had a very different actor in mind while writing the character, and the role was later offered to many actors before landing on Carradine’s hands.
It wasn’t until Kill Bill: Volume 2 that viewers finally saw David Carradine in action as Bill, a role that suited him quite well. Bill was an unseen character in the first movie, but his voice can be heard in the opening scene.
Her plans continued in Kill Bill: Volume 2, where she finally managed to do what the title of the film says: kill Bill, her former lover, boss, and father of her child, and who ordered the attack that triggered the events of the movies. Kill Bill: Volume 1 introduced the audience to the story of The Bride, a former member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad who swore revenge on her former colleagues after they killed her fiancé and tried to kill her and her unborn child.
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