Steve Buscemi shares the surprising way he landed Reservoir Dogs: ‘It wasn’t really based on your audition’

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  1. > The Pulp Fiction director informed him that he was cast as Mr. Pink while the two were using the restroom together. This casual announcement was in “typical Quentin fashion,” Buscemi joked.

    > “He says, ‘Yeah and it wasn’t really based on your audition, you know,'” the Fargo star continued. “He said, ‘But [casting director] Ronnie Yeskel showed me a tape of when you auditioned for that Neil Simon movie.'”

    > Buscemi was surprised because that film, which he did not end up getting, was a comedy. He asked Tarantino what he saw in that performance that made him see Buscemi as Mr. Pink.

  2. Honestly, you cast Buscemi because he has a face. He can make it be sympathetic or slimy or evil or kind, but it’s a face that looks like a person you’d see around town. See also: Walter Matthau, Dick Miller, Stephen Tobolowski, Margo Martendale, Conchata Ferrell

  4. He got it because he shot Phil Leotardo’s brother six times without any provocation whatsoever!

  6. “Ohhhh he’s just a funny lookin guy. Yanno, funny lookin in a general sorta way.”

  7. It was based on his ability to play a violin so small it was seemingly invisible to the naked eye

  9. From the ad-induced website:

    Steve Buscemi landed Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs after Quentin Tarantino saw his audition.

    The legend goes that Tarantino wanted to play Mr. Pink himself, but was willing to give it up if he saw a killer performance from someone else.

    However, it wasn’t Buscemi’s audition for Reservoir Dogs that caught the director’s eye. Instead, it was the actor’s tryout for a different film that convinced him.

    Buscemi appeared on a recent episode of the SmartLess podcast and discussed how he got his breakout role. The Wednesday actor had auditioned for Reservoir Dogs twice….

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