‘Pulp Fiction’ Turns 20! See Who Almost Starred In The Iconic Film

The iconic film Pulp Fiction just turned 20-years-old and it still has the same cult following it did when it opened on Oct. 14, 1994. The Quentin Tarantino film is dark, twisted, funny and one of a kind. Centered on crime and pop culture, Pulp Fiction deserves all the praise it gets. But, would it have been the same if the film's stars were cast differently?

Would you still love it as much if Uma Thurman and John Travolta didn't dance together?  According to The Chicago Tribune, John Travolta wasn't even in the running to play Vincent Vega in the beginning. Luckily he landed the role and we love him as the heroin-addicted hitman with an inherent charm.

"Though the role was originally written for Michael Madsen, Tarantino was so impressed with meeting Travolta during casting on another project that he wisely sent him the Pulp Fiction script along with a handwritten note that said 'Look at Vincent.'" The Chicago Tribune reported.

Lincoln actor Daniel Day-Lewis was also up for the Vincent role, according to Uproxx, but Quentin stood his ground and the role went to John, who rocked that low-ponytail better than anyone could have imagined.

What about the part of Mia Wallace? Could you imagine, Veep's Julia Louis-Dreyfus or Working Girl's Joan Cusack playing the cocaine addict with a desire to dance? According to Uproxx Mia's part who ultimately went to Kill Bill's Uma Thurman was one of the most popular characters amongst the women in Hollywood at the time.

"Miramax favored Meg Ryan or Michelle Phiefer for the part because they were obviously already big stars at the time, but Tarantino decided after his first meeting with Uma Thurman that she was the only actress worthy of taking home a dance trophy from Jack Rabbit Slim's," Uproxx reported.

Samuel L. Jackson's role as Jules Winnfield was originally envisioned as Paul Calderon's part. He ended up landing the role as Paul the bartender instead, after Jackson blew everyone away with his second audition.

"Producer Richard Gladstein told Vanity Fair that when Jackson did his second audition for his role he showed up with a burger and fries –– key props in one of the film's pivotal scenes. The actor proceeded to consume the meal so menacingly that Gladstein said, 'I thought that this guy was going to shoot a gun right through my head,'" CNN reported.

Thankfully, the cast that was chosen was a huge hit and cemented Pulp Fiction as one of the most iconic films of the 1990s.

"Made for $8.5 million, it earned $214 million worldwide, making it the top-grossing independent film at the time. Roger Ebert called it 'the most influential' movie of the 1990s, 'so well-written in a scruffy, fanzine way that you want to rub noses in it-the noses of those zombie writers who take 'screenwriting' classes that teach them the formulas for hit films,'" Vanity Fair reported in 2013.

Who is your favorite character from Pulp Fiction? What are you doing to celebrate its 20th Anniversary?

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