logo Featured Topics Film WWE TV Gaming Comics Music Offbeat Quizzes 17 Actors Who Almost Played Iconic Tarantino Characters By Sam Hill / October 19, 2014 14. Matt Dillon - Butch Coolidge - Pulp Fiction Bruce Willis proved to be perfect as boxer Butch Coolidge, but he wasn't Tarantino's first choice for the role. Originally, he penned the role Matt Dillon in mind, but the studio persuaded him to cast a "bankable" star. Pagination ←Previous Next→