10 Most Unusual Demands Made By Quentin Tarantino Actors
5. Michael Keaton Tries To Convince The Director To Cast Someone Else - Jackie Brown
Most actors would likely give their right arm to share a movie set with the iconic mind behind the likes of Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs. However, in the case of a former Caped Crusader, Michael Keaton felt as though anybody but him should be afforded this opportunity when it came time to shoot Jackie Brown.
As Tarantino would later note, Keaton's "whole process was to convince me that he's not right for the role". However, that still couldn't stop Tarantino from completely ignoring Keaton's odd demands for him to cast his net elsewhere in the end, with the force behind the crime flick adding "... he never quite convinced me... Michael's whole thing is to deny himself and to say he's not right."
It terms of how exactly QT managed to get Keaton onboard with the whole idea of playing ATF Agent Ray Nicolette, it turns out all it took was one night on the town, a whole lot of Jagermeister, and as Keaton would later reveal, "the next thing I'm heading home and I'm doing the movie."
That's one way to lure a Bat into your particular brand of cave, I suppose.