Quentin Tarantino’s sophomore hit, Pulp Fiction, was filled with disturbing scenes, from Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent (John Travolta) accidentally killing Marvin (Phil LaMarr), Mia Wallace’s (Uma Thurman) overdose, and even Captain Koons (Christopher Walken) telling a young Butch (Bruce Willis) about his father’s smuggled watch. But no scene in Pulp Fiction is more shocking than the gimp. Played by comedian Stephen Hibbert, the character is only known as Gimp, and has no lines in the movie. Tarantino was worried the censors would force him to cut the scene, so he blindsided them with an even more disturbing moment, that he never intended to leave in the final cut.
Phil LaMarr reveals Quentin Tarantino’s devious plan to distract the ratings board from the shocking moment of violence with the Gimp scene. Read More