“Pulp Fiction” hit theaters with a crash of surf guitars and gunshots on Oct. 14, 1994. For the film’s 25th anniversary, let’s take a closer look at the film’s cast.
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Bruce Willis played the role of Butch the boxer in between “Die Hard” films.
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Uma Thurman went on to anchor two (or one, depending on how you think of it) Tarantino films: The 1970s homage(s) of “Kill Bill.”
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John Travolta’s “Pulp Fiction” role was widely viewed as a comeback.
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Eric Stoltz’s role in “Pulp Fiction” was first offered to Kurt Cobain.
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Samuel L. Jackson’s well-known for his prolificacy: He appeared in two TV movies and five theatrical releases in 1994, the year “Pulp Fiction” was released.
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Tim Roth was another of Quentin Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs” alumni.
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Amanda Plummer as “Honey Bunny” in “Pulp Fiction” and in 2019.
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Harvey Keitel had already starred in a Quentin Tarantino film, “Reservoir Dogs,” in 1992.
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Ving Rhames, who played the imposing Marcellus Wallace, clearly has maintained his preference for reclining and sunglasses.
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“Pulp Fiction” character Zed was just one of the creepy psychopaths Peter Greene played in 1994. He was also the heavy in the Jim Carrey smash “The Mask.”
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The motormouthed Tarantino has a habit of putting himself in his own films, but none of his cameos have been as memorable as the put-upon Jimmie.
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