27 Things You Didn't Know About Reservoir Dogs

5. One Producer Offered To Fund The Film If His Girlfriend Played Mr. Blonde (!)

Before Harvey Keitel came aboard and the movie received a major funding injection, Tarantino and producer Lawrence Bender were fielding decidedly less fruitful offers from other investors.

One producer offered the pair $1.5 million if it was revealed that the entire gang survived the heist and their "deaths" were simply another part of the ruse, but that was a positively sane request compared to another offer they received.

Another producer could rustle up $500,000, but only if his girlfriend were cast in the role of Mr. Blonde.

According to Bender, the idea was so peculiarly left-field that he and Tarantino actually briefly considered it. If only, right?