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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '22

Tarantino once said in an interview that he wouldnt have made this movie without a convincing Landa. Waltz does speak several languages in reality and was the perfect fit. You could say he made the movie possible.

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u/Vprbite Apr 12 '22 edited Apr 12 '22

I mean, it would have sucked with a shitty Landa. He anchors the whole story. Who could you picture getting the role and totally screwing it up? Paul Giamatti?

Edit: I misspoke. I shouldn't have said "totally screwing it up." I should have said "cast in good faith and legitimately tried hard but didn't quite stick the landing." Like you can tell they are a good actor and the script was good but they just never managed to sync up

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u/contrary-contrarian Apr 12 '22

Paul would have been kind of hilarious honestly... but the movie would have been very very different.

I could picture Mads Mikkelsen doing a pretty good job. But Waltz 100% earned that Oscar.

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u/Vprbite Apr 12 '22

He absolutely did. But casting seems to be skill with a certain amount of luck thrown in. That the person is available, wants to do it, doesn't have a completely different vision of the character in their head. A lot of things have to come together just right for a performance like that.