![]() Pardon us while we brush up on our moves, honey bunny. Did you notice that Aaron took off his shoes? He was serious about getting The Mashed Potato just right.Travolta is truly dancing royalty (or a Royale with Cheese, if you will). And his trio of surprised dance class pupils were only too happy to oblige by doing The Twist and The Batman, with Corden cackling with glee during the whole thing. And he said, ‘Okay let’s do more than the twist.’ That’s how it came to be.”After he finished explaining the backstory, and before you could sing, “It was a teenage wedding and the old folks wished them well,” John rose to his feet to teach everyone the moves and the audience went wild.Seeing John Travolta cut a rug is always such a treat, and given that he rose to stardom in films like Saturday Night Fever and Grease by being footloose and fancy-free, it's no surprise he's still got the moves. ![]() Never shy to admit his acts of artistic theft, Tarantino once complained. ![]() Maybe we should widen the spectrum.’ He said, ‘Show them to me!’ And I did. Though now cinematically iconic in its own right, Pulp Fiction‘s dance scene pays homage to a host of older films.The most obvious is Jean-Luc Godard’s Bande à part, with what Yalango-Grant calls its amazing dance sequence in a cafe.It’s totally out of context, of nowhere. So I said to Quentin, ‘You know, when I was growing up, there were novelty dances, there were dances like The Swim, and The Batman, and The Hitchhiker, and The Tighten-Up. “Which is a very fun dance but it’s limited to how long someone wants to watch someone do The Twist. “Quentin was dead-set on both of us doing The Twist,” he explained, referring to his dance partner Uma Thurman who played Mia Wallace in the 1994 film. The discussion was prompted by Corden’s other guests, writer-director Sam Taylor-Johnson and actor hubby Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who are big fans of Travolta and Pulp Fiction and previously dressed up as Mia Wallace and Vincent Vega for Halloween and were hanging on Travolta's every word as he explained the origin of the famous dance scene. Don’t worry, John Travolta and James Corden have got you covered.Wednesday night, John Travolta stopped by The Late Late Show with James Corden (weekdays at 12:37ET on CTV) and revealed that the iconic Pulp Fiction dance was actually inspired by moves he learned as a child. Highly relatable, right? Only problem is, you’re cursed with two left feet. Then an uncomfortable silence ensues, so you decide to enter into a dancing contest. When it came time for Thurman to do the Twist during a dance competition with Travolta at the fictional restaurant, Jack Rabbit Slims, the actress revealed she had been terrified of filming the now-iconic scene.Įarlier this year during a keynote speech at the Series Mania Festival in France, Thurman said she dreaded the idea of filming the dancing scene, according to Variety.How many times have you found yourself in this situation: you’re at a 1950's-style greasy spoon diner with the wife of your mob-boss, and the waitresses all look like Mamie van Doren and Marilyn Monroe as they serve you a $5 milkshake. Uma Thurman ‘was more afraid of the dancing than almost anything’ Now imagine cleaning a car full of blood and bits of brains. It’s hard to do a good job as dirt, dust, crumbs, and god knows what filter into the multitude of nooks and crannies in a car. ![]() The movie contributed to Thurman’s current net worth of $45 million - learn the net worths of the rest of her Pulp Fiction co-stars here - and helped make Tarantino worth $120 million today. Cleaning the inside of your car is nobody’s idea of a good time. Concert scenes for another certified classic, This Is Spinal Tap. The Tarantino drama became very successful and proved to be such a big hit with audiences it made $214 million in gross sales worldwide. Film locations for Quentin Tarantinos Pulp Fiction (1994) around Los Angeles. So, while she wasn’t exactly a newbie, she hadn’t really experienced major success yet.Įverything changed with Pulp Fiction. 23, 1993 (Happy anniversary, Pulp Fiction!), Thurman was 23 years old and had 14 acting roles on her résumé including 1991’s Robin Hood and 1988’s Dangerous Liaisons, according to her IMDb page. When Pulp Fiction premiered in theaters on Sept. Find out why the thought of shooting the dancing scene opposite John Travolta (Vincent Vega) once terrified Thurman, now 49. The iconic dance scene in Quentin Tarantino’s 1993 movie, Pulp Fiction - which we count as one of the coolest movies of all time - really intimidated Uma Thurman who played the memorable character of Mia Wallace.
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