A while back, we hit you guys with nine things you didn't know about Pulp Fiction,
and clearly, you liked it.
I'd say that justifies a part two.
And we even have a thing about Stanley Tucci,
because Tucci Pelusa isn't just a hashtag, it's a lifestyle.
So let's go,
here are seven more things you didn't know about Pulp Fiction, probably.
Let's start off with a thing about this scene,
which is the first scene of Pulp Fiction.
The first scene of the movie was actually shot on the first day of production.
By the end we learn that the very last scene in the movie occurs just a few
moments after this one.
But what you probably didn't notice is how carefully they laid the groundwork for
that to play out.
(Sound) Right there we can see Vincent Vega walking to the bathroom in
the background in the whole shorts and t-shirt getup, which is foreshadowing.
Is that how foreshadowing works?
I think I'm using that right.
Somebody will tell me if I'm not.
Anyway, there's another thing you probably never noticed about this scene.
Honey Bunny's line about executing the (Bleep) pricks in the diner,
isn't exactly the same in the beginning as it is in the end.
>> Any of you (Bleep) pricks move and
I'll execute every mother (Bleep) last one of you!
>> Any of you (Bleep) pricks move and I'll
execute every one of you mother (Bleep)! >> It's a subtle change that was done to
illustrate the different points of view on how the robbery went down.
Quentin Tarantino isn't exactly know for subtlety, but
if you really study all those pricks and (Bleep) you'll find it.
I believe in you. (Sound)
Lets move on from the first scene they
shot to the part with Captain Koons which was shot on the last day of filming.
Christopher Walken didn't really have time to rehearse this scene with Tarantino
because he was doing another movie at the same time.
They scouted the scene's location together but that was about all the prep they had.
But being the pro he is, Walken showed up to the shoot completely prepared and
nailed his monologue.
And part of his diligent preparation included hot sauce.
Walken would actually drink tabasco sauce between takes of the monologue.
Weird, I know, but we are talking about Christopher Walken here.
Pulp Ficton's producer,
Lawrence Bender thought the hot sauce was some kind of method acting deal.
It was Walken's way of getting into the pain of the character.
>> I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal
up my ass two years. >> The real reason.
Hot sauce helped him to produce saliva and
kept his mouth from drying out during the long speech.
Personally I keep my mouth from drying out by doing all of my voice-over
completely naked from the waist down.
But I guess I'm just old fashioned.
(Sound) Okay we need to talk about Jules' hair.
Now originally Quentin Tarantino wanted Jules to have a giant afro.
That was the vision.
Problem was, the PA they sent to the wigs store was super white.
And didn't know the difference between an afro and a Jheri curl, and
came back with what we see here.
At first, they were going to take it back and get the afro wig like they planned.
But Samuel L Jackson pointed out to Tarantino that Ice Cube and
Eazy-E had rocked Jheri curls.
So ultimately they decided that if it was gangster enough for NWA,
it would work on Jules, too. >> We're all going to be like three little
Fonzies here.
(Sound) >> There are lots of easter eggs and
character crossover throughout Quentin Tarantino's movie.
And that includes the Vegas.
Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction and Vic Vega in Reservoir Dogs are actually brothers.
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See, Tarantino wanted Michael Madsen to reprise his role as Vic for
Pulp Fiction originally.
But Madsen had a scheduling conflict with Wyatt Earp and wasn't able to do it.
After Tarantino met with John Travolta, he rewrote the part specifically for
him, making it Vincent Vega, Vic's brother.
There's even been talk of doing a Reservoir Dogs Pulp Fiction
prequel with them both called the Vega Brothers.
The only problem of course being that they're 25 years older now.
As far as how Tarantino settled on the last name Vega aside from it just sounding
cool, he took the name from the singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega,
one of his personal favorites.
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>> And in a scene that wound up on the cutting room floor,
Vincent tells Mia Wallace that Suzanne Vega is his cousin.
>> Is that right?
He's my cousin. >> So
that's just a little bonus thing you didn't know.
Remember how pissed off Vincent was about getting his car keyed?
>> Some dickless piece of (Bleep) my
vehicle. >> Well,
it turns out the dickless piece of (Bleep) who keyed his car is Butch.
It happens right after this scene here where Vincent insults him at the bar.
>> You ain't my friend Palooka.
>> Obviously we don't see Butch do
the keying, but it was his way at getting back at Vince for
calling him a palooka, which was a total jabroni movie.
(Sound) While we are on Vince's Malibu,
let's talk about how they crashed it for this scene.
The way they crashed it is, they didn't.
(Sound) They drove one car past the front door then walked the camera outside to
reveal a second car that they'd already placed for the crash.
Classic movie magic trickery.
Despite coming out of the scene unscathed,
the Malibu still had some misadventures that came afterwards.
And if you want to know what I mean by that, you should go back and
watch part one of our things you didn't know on Pulp Fiction.
(Sound) Okay we teased the Tucc at the top of the show and now it's finally time.
If you are sitting there saying there is no way they are going to be able to
crowbar a thing about Stanley Tucci into an episode on Pulp Fiction,
well allow me to retort.
Marcellus Wallace is the crime boss at the center of most of Pulp Fiction's stories.
Marcellus Wallace is,
of course, played by Ving Rhames. >> I'm going to get medieval
on your ass. >> Ving Rhames's real name is
Irving Rhames, now do you know how he got the name Ving?
From his college roommate, Stanley (Bleep) Tucci, that's where he got it!
(Music) Even though that's more a thing about
Ving Rhames and Stanley Tucci than it is a thing about Pulp Fiction,
I still really, really want to drop the mic right now.
But Cinefix would make me pay for it.
Frankly they just don't pay me enough to go buying microphones willy-nilly.
I got mouths to feed, people.
(Sound) All right, there are seven new things you didn't know about Pulp Fiction.
Let us know if you guys want to see us do another Tarantino movie, or
an episode all on crossovers between Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs.
Or even just a part three on Pulp, we'll consider it, maybe.
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