Vivica A. Fox says she didn’t take criticism very well when Quentin Tarantino cast her as Vernita Green in his martial arts film Kill Bill Vol. 1 in 2003.
In a sit-down chat with director Lena Waithe, Vivica recalled when actress Uma Thurman grabbed her and told her not to go off on Tarantino.
Vivica said the experience was “difficult but fun because he would demand a lot of you.”
She continued: “I’ll never forget that we would train Monday through Friday. And then on Friday, he would critique you. And I didn’t like being critiqued negatively.”
Vivica said she “popped off” at Tarantino one day and Uma Thurman grabbed her. “And after we finished, she was like, ‘Please don’t do that again.'”
“I turned into a little b–h and I said, ‘He’s not giving us any compliments and I’m tired of working so hard…’ And Uma said, ‘He can fire you.’ And that was all she had to say. I never complained again.”
Vivica added: “It was a huge learning lesson for me to know my place, play my position and stay in my lane.”
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Vivica A. Fox recalls when Uma Thurman had to grab her and warn her not to go off on Quentin Tarantino due to his harsh criticism
“After we finished she was like “Please don’t do that again”
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Vivica A. Fox on people constantly asking for a “Set it Off” sequel: “WE DEAD”
?: Legacy Talk w/ Lena Waithe
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