Universal PicturesQuentin Taratino is by far one of the most respected directors working in the industry today as he’s directed 10 unforgettable films. From Pulp Fiction to Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2, Taratino’s work has spanned across decades and cultivated a host of colorful characters with their own rich backstories. However, the director has now revealed the best character he’s ever written and how he found the perfect actor to play them.
Tarantino’s best character comes from Inglorious Basterds
Back in 2009, Tarantino’s iconic film Inglourious Basterds premiered to wild success as it garnered over $320 million at the box office. The film followed two parallel plots to assassinate the leadership in Nazi Germany with one being planned by Shosanna Dreyfus, a young French Jewish cinema proprietor, and the other planned by a team of Jewish American soldiers led by First Lieutenant Aldo Raine. While the two groups worked in secret to pull off their seemingly impossible plan, one man stood in their way and that was Hans Landa, an SS colonel in charge of tracking down Raine’s group and who murdered Dreyfus’ family. When speaking to a sold-out crowd at Jerusalem Cinematheque, Screen Daily reported that Tarantino revealed that he believes Landa is his best written character. 
