Eli Roth joins Inglorious Bastards

Looks like Tarantino has secured Eli Roth for Inglorious Bastards.

Now I know what you are thinking. Eli Roth? The director of Hostel? Why would Tarantino hire him to direct this?? Relax. Eli will be acting!

Coming Soon says:

Hostel director Eli Roth will play a baseball bat-swinging Nazi hunter in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards, which starts production this fall in Europe for the The Weinstein Company and Universal Pictures.

Brad Pitt is in talks to play Aldo Raine, leader of a rogue band of Jewish-American soldiers who wreak havoc on the bad guys in Nazi-occupied France.

Roth is in talks to play Sgt. Donnie Donowitz.

It also looks like DiCaprio is off the consideration list. Seems Tarantino wants a German to play the role of the German officer. I think DiCaprio could pull it off and would add more clout to this film, but who knows how Tarantino’s mind works.

Roth has spent some time on the other side of the camera but what he is known for is his writing, directing and producing. And even there he isn’t exactly A List, but still known enough to be on the radar.

So is he doing this just for fun? Looking to get more into acting?

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