Quentin Tarantino has reunited with Welsh helmer Jamie Adams, known for his Nouvelle Vague-inspired improvised filmmaking style, on a new feature project in which the “Kill Bill” director will again step in front of the camera, this time opposite Kylie Minogue.
The new movie, titled “Tangled Up in Blue,” also stars Jason Isaacs, Allison Williams, Sofia Boutella and RZA. It is backed by New York-based producers Visor Entertainment, whom Adams met in person while at Tribeca, Variety understands. Sabine Stener, Randy Kleinman and Jordan Yale Levine produce for Visor Entertainment.
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The iconic director and the pop star were spotted over the weekend in the Welsh town of Porthcawl, where they shot scenes of a funeral at Newton Church and a wake at the Saltwater Inn, according to a local outlet.
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The film also features Welsh actors Karen Paullada, Julian Lewis Jones, Craig Russell and Siwan Morris, with Paullada posting on Instagram she had enjoyed filming alongside the trio as well as “other legends” in a film “steered and put together by the one and only” Jamie Adams.
Adams’ last project with Tarantino, “Only What We Carry,” about the romantic entanglements between a dancer, her sister and her former choreographer, was shot in six days in Deauville, France and backed by a French production company. The film, which also starred Simon Pegg and Charlotte Gainsbourg, premiered at Tribeca earlier this month.
Adams told Variety he cold-pitched Tarantino the part of a wealthy benefactor in the movie, writing to him directly to offer him a part. “I sent him the story outline and a letter,” the Welsh director said. “I was just very honest about believing in him as an actor. Improvisation, the way I use it, is about being present and reacting organically. He’s one of the greatest conversational storytellers. I thought that would be incredible in character. I didn’t think I’d hear back. But two weeks later, on a Sunday, his agent emailed saying Quentin was intrigued and wanted a Zoom.”
“Then I got on Zoom. And once you hear his voice, you’re transported. It’s like Disneyland for filmmakers. The conversation went everywhere, from movies, to a Welsh sitcom called ‘Gavin & Stacey,’ to what his life was like, what my life was like. At one point he tried to talk about the character, and said ‘I’ve written quite a few questions here about the character,’ and I said, ‘No, this isn’t the moment for that. That’s the next conversation.’ As soon as I got off, I thought, ‘Why did I say that?’ And he told me later that he loved that moment in that first conversation because he was like, ‘Well, I’m going to be directed.’ Two days later, he was on board.”
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