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As part of Quentin Tarantino's love of B-entertainment (and his career spent making pastiches of it), he often recruits actors who worked in lowbrow movies or TV he loved. "Pulp Fiction," "Jackie Brown," and "Kill Bill" were all made to varying degrees as career CPR for John Travolta, Pam Grier, and David Carradine, respectively. Tarantino also had Franco Nero, the original Django, cameo in "Django Unchained." There's one mid-20th century Western star he regrets not getting to work with, though.

In 2014, Tarantino appeared on "The Director's Chair," a talk show hosted by his friend and sometimes collaborator, Robert Rodriguez. During their conversation, Rodriguez asked Tarantino: "Who, in your opinion, is the ultimate badass a

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