21 Fun Facts About Kill Bill Vol. 2 That'll Help You Slay Next Movie Trivia Night

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    Photo caption - @poppingremlins The brothel segment, where the Bride meets with Esteban Vihaio (Michael Parks) was the last scene of the movie to be shot. It was filmed at a Mexican brothel, and all of the female extras, were prostitutes thatworked there.
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    Text - @poppingremlins NEVER WOUND WHAT YOU CAN'T KILL In an interview, Quentin Tarantino stated that there will be a Kill Bill Vol 3, but it wouldn't happen for a decade and he also discussed the possibility of a spin-off centering around Vernita Green's daughter Nikki, who seeks vengeance upon The BrideThe plot of Kill Bill: Vol 3 could possibly be about The Bride, who is forced to return to her former violent life, when Nikki- Green kidnaps her daughter BB, in order to lure The Bride linto ad
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    Forehead - @poppingremlins Quentin Tarantino originally intended to only have Pai Mei's lips speaking Cantonese, while his voice would be in English, imitating a bad dubjob. Tarantino was going to provide the voice himself In the end, Tarantino abandoned this idea, and Pai Mei (Chia Hui Liu) speaks in his own voice.
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    Romance - @poppingremlins According to The Kill Bill Diary (written by David Carradine) the movie that The Bride and her daughter would watch, was originally going to be Disney's The AristoCats (1970). When Disney wouldn't allow it, Quentin decided to have them watch an episode of the cartoon Samurai Jack. But, the film featured in the final cut (or overheard, as we only see their faces as they watch), is Shogun Assassin (1980).
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    Photo caption - @poppingremlins In Reservoir Dogs (1992), Michael Madsen's character attempts to kill a cop by dousing him with a can of gasoline, intending to burn him alive. In Kil Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), the same gas canister can be seen in Budd's (Michael Madsen's) trailer as The Bride attempts to enter.
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    Photo caption - @poppingr The story Esteban Vihaio tells about Bill in the movie theater sucking his thumb, is a story Kurt Russell told Quentin. Kurt did the same thing at adrive-in theater, when he saw Marilyn Monroe on screen, as a little boy.
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    Hairstyle - @poppingremlins The chapterYuki's Revenge" was cut from filming to accommodate a new chapter, "Massacre at Two Pines" that details the attack on The Bride. An outline of the chapter was to have Yuki Yubari, Gogo's sister seek vengeance on the Bride for killing her sister, Yuki was to be played by Ko Shibasaki who co-stared with Chiaki Kuriyama (who plays Gogolin Vol.1) in the Japanese movie Battle Royale (2000).
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    Facial expression - @poppingremlins Pai Mei is based on Pak Mei, the originator of the White Eyebrow kung fu technique. According to legend, Pak Mei was one of the few Masters left, following the decimation of the Buddhist temples, and later sold out other Masters, to save his team and himself, during an attack that they had mounted, that subsequently went wrong, For this reason, Pak Mei Kung Fu has always been known as the "forbidden technique," and Pak Mei himself has been a villainous figure
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    Adaptation - @poppingremlins The name of the book that Esteban is reading is "The Carrucan's of Kurrajong" by Jasmine Yuen. This is not a real book the book functions not only as a prop but as an inside joke. It's a tribute to a member of the film crew, Jasmine Yuen Carrucan'
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    Hair - @poppingremlins From script to film, the Ten-Point Palm exploding heart technique is changed to the Five-Point'Palm exploding heart technique.
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    Land vehicle - The reason that The Bride no longer has the "Pussy Wagon" in Vol 2, is because in the original script that included the character of Yuki Yubari, Go-Go's sister, Yuki had destroyed it, soon after the killing of Vernita Green. @poppingremlins PUSSYONAGCN PSY NGN
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    Text - @poppingremlins Daryl Hannah improvised the scene where Elle Driver's eye gets removed by Beatrix Kiddo, and she goes "nuts". She did this because she thought it would make Quentin Tarantino laugh. He did, and that scene was in the final film. She sustained injuries from breaking so many things in the bathroom.
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    Text - @poppingremlins Although Quentin Tarantino is known for never using real brands for products like cereals and cigarettes, the brand of the bread he uses to make the sandwich, during the "Emilio's killing story" scene, BIMBO, is a real and very popular brand of bread in Mexico. BIMBO
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    Photo caption - @poppingremlins Upon capturing The Bride, Budd utters the line "I just caught me the cowgirl ain't never been caught This is a reference to The Driver (1978), in which Bruce Dern says, "I'm gonna catch the cowboy that's never been caught."
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    Sculpture - @poppingseiplins Pai Mei's three-inch punch is a reference to Bruce Lee's three-inch knock-out punch.
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    Forehead - @poppingremlins When the first grade teacher (Venessia Valentino) takes roll call, she calls out one real-life name: Marty Kitrosser. Martin Kitrosser has served as script supervisor on all of Tarantino's films.
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    Photo caption - &o Tr CHICKENS AR UE @peppingremlins The club owner hated Budd's hat, because Tarantino himself didn't like it, when Michael Madsen appeared on the set in it. He tried to talk Michael out of it, but that didn't help. So Quentin got back with a little change in the script the next day, and Michael Madsen had to follow it.
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    Facial expression - @poppingremlins Uma Thurman and Daryl Hannah did not get along with each other, and reportedly instructed hotel and cinema staff, to ensure that they were kept separate from each other, during the press tour for Volume 1. They were again at odds at the filmis.screening at the Cannes Film Festival, and ordered separate areas to be created at the after-show party, so they wouldn't clash.
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    Poster - KILL BILLEM @poppingremlins At the film's first test screening in Austin, Texas, the audience gave the film a five minute standing ovation, The reaction was so overwhelming, that Harvey Weinstein did not have the research firm, conducting the screening, pass out response cards.
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    Text - The boots Uma Thurman has on, when she is buried alive, are the same boots that Michael Madsen uses in Reservoir Dogs (1992), When he cut off-the police officers ear, and the same straight razor is used. @oppingremins
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    Facial expression - @poppingremlins Ricardo Montalban was cast to play Esteban. Unable to make an early read-through of the script, his lines were read by Michael Parks, who impressed Tarantino so much, that he recast Parks instead.

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