20 Things You Didn't Know About Inglourious Basterds

Mélanie Laurent, a célébrité of some weight in France, took over from Uma Thurman as QT's leading lady for pretty obvious reasons - a French actress for a French role. Tarantino insisted on one caveat (aside from learning her lines); that she learn how to operate a film projector, just as her cinema-owning character would in reality.

He had Mélanie learn to hook up reels of cartoons and trailers, eventually progressing onto a feature length screening of Reservoir Dogs.

Her talents don't end there - she is also a director, writer, producer, cinematographer and also provides voice work for the French version of The Simpsons.