10 Incredible Casting Coincidences You Won't Believe

7. Casting Director For Tarantino's Jackie Brown Is Called Jaki Brown

Jackie Brown Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys over the years, it's safe to say that Jaki Brown's resume speaks for herself, though to most trivia fiends, she is likely best known as the casting director of the movie that (pretty much) shares her name - Quentin Tarantino's tragically underrated masterwork Jackie Brown. Though not strictly a bout of coincidental casting, the appointment of a casting director sharing the protagonist's name is still pretty unprecedented, and whoever appointed her surely must have done so with a nod and a wink. Furthermore, Brown often goes by the credit Jaki Brown-Karman, yet chose not to on Tarantino's movie, surely no doubt intentionally so...
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