MÉLANIE LAURENT in INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

It is great to see Mélanie rising to the top and getting amazing recognition in Quentin Tarantino’s . I met Quentin at Sundance just before he was casting for , I wish I could say I recommended Mélanie to him but I didn’t know he was prepping the film then.

Quentin Tarantino, Mélanie Laurent, Brad Pitt and Diane Kruger at Cannes for Inglourious Basterds

Mélanie Laurent as Sabine in Rice RhapsodyVideo on Mélanie and her character inShe was fantastic to work with. Professional, lively, attentive, instinctive. One funny thing is whenever she had some cake or sweets on the set, it would really show. She would start dancing, singing and become very animated. That helped her character actually.

We wish Mélanie continued success.

I also happened to meet Zoe Bell from Tarantino’s last week in L.A. She was the kick-ass heroine in the film that took on the psychopath Kurt Russell at the end. She had everyone cheering for her in the cinema.

QT cast Zoe in after they had done together. She was Uma Thurman’’s stunt double. She was great in the film and equally charming in real life. She also attended the Cannes premiere of .