Quentin Tarantino is like a mini-Stan Lee or J.R.R. Tolkien. All the characters he creates for his works are part of a bigger universe he is crafting, a fictional world where all of his stories co-exist with one another. Examples include
Patricia Arquette's Alabama from
True Romance being a former love interest of
Harvey Keitel's Mr. White in
Reservoir Dogs, or
John Travolta's Vincent Vega (
Pulp Fiction) being the brother of Michael Madsen's Vic Vega (
Reservoir Dogs). We too shouldn't forget Sheriff Earl McGraw (
Michael Parks) has turned up in
From Dusk Till Dawn, Kill Bill Vol. 2 and Death Proof. Even conspiracy theorists would claim that Rufus, the piano player from
Kill Bill 2 could be Jules from
Pulp Fiction after enjoying his time "walking the Earth", as both characters are played by
Samuel L. Jackson. You could have fun all day playing this game, so I'll get down to it.
The Playlist learned from a Q & A session with Tarantino after a screening of
Inglourious Basterds last night in Austin, Texas that
Eli Roth's psycho "bear jew" Donnie Donowitz, shares the same surname as the movie producer from
True Romance Lee Donowitz (Saul Rubinek), and it's no concidence. Donnie is Lee's father. You may remember that Lee, a
Joel Silver like greedy blockbuster producer was working on the fictional Vietnam war film,
"Coming Home In A Body Bag".