translated from Spanish: Tarantino talks about Double V Vega, the never-filmed sequel to Pulp Fiction

As Quentin Tarantino prepares to premiere “There Was A Time… In Hollywood” (One Upon a Time… in Hollywood, 2019), rescues some of those so many projects that, we know, will never materialize, but serve to hypout its die-hard fans. Of course, we’re talking about the possibility of “Kill Bill Vol. 3,” the most than expected continuation of Beatrix Kiddo’s adventures that he once said would be set a decade after the events of “Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2.” Originally conceived as Sergio Leone’s “The Dollar Trit” (when not), the adventures of the Bride and the Killer Snake Squad would have their continuity in two possible sequels: “Kill Bill Volume 3” -originally scheduled to premiere in 2014- , involving the unhappiness of the only survivors of Uma’s revanchist raid (Sofie Fatale and Elle Driver); while the fourth film could revolve around the confrontation of the small (already grown) B.B. Kiddo and Nikki Bell, avenging the deaths of their respective mothers. QT comes with this from 2012, and every time he gets bored he brings it up and excites our nerdy hearts. We don’t think Thurman’s going back in the ring, but look there’s a lot of talk about Maya Hawke to take her parent’s witness. Dream?

The brother with the vibes and with the best steps 

The sequels to Kill Bill are not the only continuations left in the filmmaker’s inkwell. “The Vega Brothers”, or “Double V Vega”, once tried to be the closing of another series that, in addition, was going to bring together the universes of two of Tarantino’s greatest obas: “Dogs of the Street” (Reservoir Dogs, 1992) and “Violent Times” (Pulp Fiction, 1994), crossing the Vega brothers’ paths: Vic/Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) and Vincent (John Travolta). The project never got underway because of the complicated conception (and logistics) of the idea. And of course, it was somewhat impossible to shoot a sequel as both characters patted it in their respective stories, and the idea of a prequel is even more unlikely because the actors continued to age. Quentin’s solution, they say, revolved around the appearance of the identical brothers of the protagonists, who here will try to avenge the death of their respective twins, with the caveat that one does not know the existence of the other. Yes, totally gripped by the hair and absolutely tarantinesco, but we died to see this delicious bloodbath without meaning.
“That’s all I knew was the premise itself — bring ingeither characters together. I don’t think I took it far enough to create a story, but I had a clue. It would have taken place in Amsterdam,” Quentin Tarantino

Promoting “There Was A Time… in Hollywood,” Tarantino brought up the Vega theme again, this time, ensuring that he never got to give concrete shape to the idea: “That’s all he knew, it was the premise itself — bringing the two characters together. I don’t think I took it far enough to create a story, but I had a clue. It would have taken place in Amsterdam.” Remember “Pulp Fiction” when Vincent talks about his time in Europe, the names given to the ‘Quarter pound’ with cheese in Paris, and legal drugs? Well, in the latter section he refers to the capital of the Netherlands, where he spent a couple of years, according to Taranta, running a nightclub for Marcellus Wallace (Ving Rhames).” Then, sometime in his two-year stay in Amsterdam running the club, Vic shows up to see him. And it would have been his weekend. Exactly what happened to them and what trouble they got into,… I never got this far,” the director continued, leaving the question floating in the air.

Vic is a little more temperamental… and sadistic

As for the truncate “Double V Vega”, we can pull out a couple of things in particular: the idea was floating in Quentin’s head for quite some time, but for him that ship has already sailed, partly because there is no way to go back or resurrect these characters. And no, Tarantino would never use the digital rejuvenation that other actors have enjoyed to appear to be 25 years younger. In this note:

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