Has Daniel Brühl been officially cast in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Bastards”? According to the German tabloid Bunte (link appears expire, however, a fan site has the basics) who quoted the star, he has.
The rough German translation from the magazine is this:
“In addition, [Brühl] revealed that he will appear in front of the camera shortly for Quentin Tarantino’s [Inglorious Bastards].”I look[ed] forward to this role. If I had not gotten [it], I would have been genuinely, madly disappointed.”
The British papers were reporting a week ago that the German, “Goodbye Lenin” star had been in talks with Tarantino, but it sounds like it’s a done deal now (German actor Til Schweiger was also evidently in talks with QT). Brühl didn’t say who he would play, but we hope he got the role of Fredrick Zoller, the younger, handsome German soldier who tries to woo the lead female protagonist, Shoshanna. We wouldn’t be mad at that choice at all.
Meanwhile, a “Inglorious Bastards” teaser poster which may or may not be fake (50/50) has appeared over at the Tarantino archives. And lastly, we’re hearing from a very solid source about a delicious Tarantino/Leonardo DiCaprio story that we can’t really repeat here. But, we will say this Leo wasn’t exactly QT’s first choice for the role of Colonel Hans Landa (*snicker*).