![]() Jackson told The Hollywood Reporterearlier this year that his favorite line in the film was, "Do they speak English in 'What'?" He also appeared in many of Quentin Tarantino's other films, including True Romance, Jackie Brown, Django Unchained, Hateful Eight and Kill Bill: Vol. Pulp Fiction was Jackson’s 13th film, and the role of Jules was written specifically for him. Jackson played the hardass hitman who thunderously recited Bible verses just before he popped a cap in the ass of whomever his gun was aimed at as Ezekiel 25:17 came to a close. Most recently, Travolta played an obsessed fan in Fred Durst's thriller Fanatic. He also won shared the Emmy for best limited series as a producer. Simpson, which earned him an Emmy nomination for best supporting actor in a limited series or movie. ![]() Travolta also returned to television to play Robert Shapiro in American Crime Story: The People v. After Pulp Fiction's success, Travolta went on to star in notable films such as Get Shorty, Face/Off, Primary Colors, The General's Daughter and, in his first musical since Grease, he starred in the 2007 remake of Hairspray as Edna Turnblad. His performance scored him an Oscar nomination for best actor in a leading role. When he was hired to star as the smooth, hip, heroin-shooting hitman Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction, he was at a low point in his career and reportedly was paid only $150,000 for the role. After a series of box office disappointments during the 1980s, Travolta filmed Look Who's Talking, Look Who's Talking Too and Look Who's Talking Now alongside Kirstie Alley. Image Credit: Courtesy of Photofest Getty ImagesĪfter his breakout role in the TV series Welcome Back, Kotter, Travolta rose to superstar status in the 1970s with his performances in Grease and Saturday Night Fever. Now, 25 years later, The Hollywood Reporter takes a look back at the film’s cast - and what they've been up to in the years since the movie's release - and reminisces about Royales with cheese and extreme violence set to the tune of 1960s surf rock. Pulp Fiction became an instant cult classic and has held onto its Hollywood film prestige and place in the heart of pop culture. "Tarantino's lined up a fine cast to play his assorted snotwads, grimeballs, sleazoids, small-timers, druggies and bulletheads in this 1990s version of a down-and-dirty 1940s pulp fictioner, the kind Dash Hammett and the boys used to crank out," wrote The Hollywood Reporter film critic Duane Byrge in his review, originally published May 23, 1994. 14 of that year, it became the top-grossing film at the box office in its debut weekend and ultimately the first indie film to surpass $100 million at the domestic box office (worldwide it raked in more than $213 million). The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1994, where it scored the festival’s highest honor, the Palme d’Or. The iconic Jack Rabbit Slim’s twist contest, a gnarly heroin overdose and some pawn shop bondage - Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 neo-noir crime drama, Pulp Fiction, has it all.
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