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Diane Kruger Defends Quentin Tarantino After Reports That He Choked Her On Inglourious Basterds Set

February 7, 2018 | Posted by Joseph Lee

As we previously reported, Uma Thurman spoke about tensions she had on the set of Kill Bill with director Quentin Tarantino due to a car crash that she was involved in. She claimed that Tarantino forced her to drive the car, which she felt was unsafe. She also said that the director had a huge fight and it made things chilly between the two from then on. Tarantino later presented his side of the story, mentioning that he regretted his actions and that the two are fine now.

After the story about Thurman, reports began to resurface about Tarantino stepping in for actor Christoph Waltz to choke Diane Kruger for a scene in Inglourious Basterds.

Kruger said in 2009 Parade interview: ““The funny part is that Quentin’s hands are in the close-up. I won’t give away the name of the actor who kills me, but Quentin said, ‘He’s not going to do it right, it’ll either be too much or too little. I know exactly what I need and I think I should just do it.’ I have to say it was very strange being strangled by the director.

With the story resurfacing and more people turning a critical eye to the director, Kruger stepped forward to defend him in a post on Instagram. She wrote:

Meanwhile, Thurman backed up Tarantino’s claims that he was regretful, in her own post thanking him for giving her the footage of the accident. She wrote:

i post this clip to memorialize it’s full exposure in the nyt by Maureen Dowd. the circumstances of this event were negligent to the point of criminality. i do not believe though with malicious intent. Quentin Tarantino, was deeply regretful and remains remorseful about this sorry event, and gave me the footage years later so i could expose it and let it see the light of day, regardless of it most likely being an event for which justice will never be possible. he also did so with full knowledge it could cause him personal harm, and i am proud of him for doing the right thing and for his courage. THE COVER UP after the fact is UNFORGIVABLE. for this i hold Lawrence Bender, E. Bennett Walsh, and the notorious Harvey Weinstein solely responsible. they lied, destroyed evidence, and continue to lie about the permanent harm they caused and then chose to suppress. the cover up did have malicious intent, and shame on these three for all eternity. CAA never sent anyone to Mexico. i hope they look after other clients more respectfully if they in fact want to do the job for which they take money with any decency.

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