Rosario Dawson Was Upset With ‘Death Proof’ Rape Scene. Rosario Dawson challenged moviemaker Quentin Tarantino on the set of her new movie Death Proof after he made her character leave a friend to get raped.
The feminist actress admits she had huge problems with the scene because she felt one woman wouldn’t leave another behind if she felt she was in harm’s way - but controlling Tarantino refused to listen to her complaints.
Dawson says, “I talked to Quentin about it several times, because I had a huge problem with leaving her there: ‘I don’t leave that girl behind, I love that girl, we’re friends.’ Quentin says, ‘No,’ (and) I say, ‘Can I throw her the keys to the car?’ and he says, ‘No, you can’t, that’s not how it’s going to work.’ I was like, ‘Damn!’”
Co-star Rose McGowan also tasted Tarantino’s controlling nature: “I couldn’t change the word ‘the’.”
LISTEN GIRLS, QUENTIN WON’T LET YOU CHANGE A WORD OR SCENE, BECAUSE IT WORKED IN THE MOVIE THAT HE STOLE THIS ALL FROM. HE IS A THIRD-RATE HACK, A THIEF, AND A NEUROTIC ( ALLEGED ) COKE HEAD THAT SHOULD BE EXPOSED AS THE CHARLATAN THAT HE IS
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Comment by Celebrity Gossip on 6 April 2007:
Rosario Dawson and Rose McGowan are baring all on the cover of rock magazine Rolling Stone - wearing nothing but bullet belts.
The sexy ladies are co-stars in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s new Grindhouse double-bill, which the magazine has dubbed “the most violent chick flick ever made”.
Dawson reveals tiny McGowan had to stand on a box to make sure her bottom touched her co-star’s. She says, “She actually had to be on an apple box to make sure that our butts touched and our shoulders touched.”
Inside the publication, the actresses are snapped sweaty and grimy, wearing only dirty vests as they pose for an arm-wrestling contest.
Dawson admits she checked with her brother, who DJs at a strip club, before agreeing to bare all for the publication: “He was like, ‘Well, you know, I saw you (naked) in Alexander (and) you’re pretty fit, so that’s alright.”
Comment by f quentin on 11 April 2007:
Rumour has it Grindhouse, the double-billed homage to ’70s sexed up horror flicks, might be split into two films. According to the New York Post’s Page Six, executive producer Harvey Weinstein was so disenchanted with the dismal US$11.6 million the screamer grossed over its opening weekend, that he might re-release each film separately (which is the way they will apparently appear overseas and on DVD). “I don’t think people understood what we were doing,” Weinstein told Page Six. “The audience didn’t get the idea that it is two movies for the price of one. I don’t understand the math, but I want to accommodate the audience.”
Comment by Celebrity Gossip on 11 April 2007:
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Comment by Jeremy on 26 August 2007:
“LISTEN GIRLS, QUENTIN WON’T LET YOU CHANGE A WORD OR SCENE”
WHY SHOULD HE??? Do you understand the difference between an Actor/Actress and a Director???? Maybe Rosario Dawson should become a Director?
“HE IS A THIRD-RATE HACK, A THIEF, AND A NEUROTIC ( ALLEGED ) COKE HEAD blah blah blah”
All I can say to this is don´t quit your day job for a future as a movie critic…..
Later ! :-)
Comment by Jeremy on 26 August 2007:
It´s also noteworty that despite whatever disagreements Rosario Dawson apparently had with the rape scene in Death Proof she has only positive things to say about the movie as well as Quentin Tarantino´s skills as a Director. So again this not so sound character assasination falls pretty flat.
“LISTEN GIRLS, QUENTIN…. IS A THIRD-RATE HACK, A THIEF, AND A NEUROTIC ( ALLEGED ) COKE HEAD THAT SHOULD BE EXPOSED AS THE CHARLATAN…..”
Comment by El Perro on 8 October 2007:
Wow, that was pretty stupid. Can I have that 30 seconds of my life back? I felt like I was transported back to the mid-80s in college listening to some whiney feminist claptrap by a hairy-legged campus cow.
Comment by Mr.E on 22 October 2007:
Er………What rape scene?
Seen it and have the DVD and have yet to see what your talking about.
So, I guess he didn’t have that much of a problem removing it after all.
Comment by zaq on 24 October 2007:
well, this may be a little old, but i agree wit the dude above becuase they left that actress girl there as colateral (mind the spelling) so that they could go test drive that dodge charger, they didnt say SHIT about that guy could have sex wit her. and they dont show her getting raped. all they show is her waking up and looking up at the hillbilly who owned the car. and that WHOLE damn scene sucks, becuase we NEVER find out what the helll happend to them, we never find out if she got raped or not becuase they leave that as an open question, after the other girl kill that guy, they never return the car so we never find out what happend.
so quit chur bitchen ladies!
Comment by Rattis on 28 October 2007:
+1 Mr E.
Comment by chris wolf on 6 December 2007:
this movie sucked bad. i just had to find a place on the net where i could say that. man this guy’s a sellout (and i think he thinks that’s kool) … all that said, it is one of the better Kurt Russell films lol … oh and it was stylish, but it was just gay and stupid … totally made for the bull dike audience (but hey they need movies too)
Comment by Peter on 16 December 2007:
Chris Wolf. I guessing, and somewhat hoping, that’s not your real name. Unless you’re the lost bass player from Stryper or whatever. Congrats, you’ve just proven yourself to be an utter idiot. “it was just gay and stupid…”? Huh? Define “Gay”. But oh, yeah, I get it, you’re one of those total morons who uses “gay” in the same sense as crappy or bad. It’s really sad when non-american people like myself speak better english than actual born and raised americans. Get an education. Hopefully you’re 14 (and can still get proper schooling), and not like 35, which is my horrid guess.
Comment by PeteyTheQueer on 27 January 2008:
Peter, stfu. Admittedly you’re nor from the US. So stop being ignorant and trying to adjust AMERICAN SLANG. Go yell at the Brits for calling a cigarette a fag, ya? And how the fuck would you know chris is American? Seriously, you people are on some self righteous fad where anything to bash the US makes you feel better. Why not just move here, like the MILLIONS of other foreigners to live the AMERICAN DREAM? Pussy.
Comment by haVokX on 3 March 2008:
Wow! In no way does Rosario Dawson get raped in Death Proof!!
She gets raped in the movie Descent which was filmed right AROUND Death Proof but it isn’t Death Proof!!
You sir are an idiot and although Quentin may take some things from movies it’s all credited and doesn’t deserved your petty remarks.