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Diane Kruger Tells GQ She Almost Lost 'Basterds' Role

Posted Feb 16th 2011 at 01:59 PM by Sarah Crow

Diane Kruger wowed audiences as screen siren Bridget von Hammersmark in Quentin Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds,' but she almost didn't get the part, she revealed to GQ magazine. The actress, born Diane Heidkrüger in Algermissen, Germany, told the magazine that the director originally intended to look elsewhere for an actress to play the Deutsche defector because he didn't believe that ...

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'Basterds' Has Glorious $37.6M Weekend

Posted Aug 23rd 2009 at 08:26 PM by PopEater / Wire Services

The war effort by Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt has paid off as their history lesson "Inglourious Basterds" claimed victory at the box office with a $37.6 million debut. It was Tarantino's best opening ever, exceeding the $25.1 million haul for 2004's "Kill Bill - Vol. 2." Overseas, "Inglourious Basterds" added $27.5 million in 22 countries, giving it a worldwide total of $65.1 million. ...