#Bring out the gimp movie#

It was two days' work, and he just said, 'Go nuts.' So I did.' 'He and I did like a little psychodrama where he was, you know, being dominant and I was being passive. Since the Gimp has no actual lines, the audition was an unusual one. 'You could tell, even by the script, this was going to be a pretty special film,' Hibbert says. Actor and writer Steven Hibbert was the masked man in Quentin Tarantino's cult classic. When Tarantino was writing and casting Pulp Fiction, he asked if Hibbert wanted to come read for the part of the Gimp. Back in the early '90s, Hibbert was part of the comedy troupe The Groundlings, and Tarantino would come and perform with him in improv shows. Hibbert says his journey to the role started with a friendship with Tarantino.

'Not actively so, but they're 14, 12 and 10, so they're a little young for Pulp Fiction still.' 'I've kept it from the children up until this moment,' actor and writer Stephen Hibbert, who played the character, tells host Arun Rath. The Gimp has become an emblem of creepiness - an essential part of the adrenaline machine that was Pulp Fiction. He's kept locked up, the willing slave of two shop owners, and makes an appearance in one of the most troubling scenes in recent film history (see a clip below). Clad head-to-toe in studded black leather, with a zippered hood that allowed only his manic eyes to peer through. The character, who didn't have a single line in the film, was still extremely memorable.

#Bring out the gimp movie#

The movie introduced the world to a number of now-legendary characters, including a very mysterious one: the Gimp. Twenty years ago, Pulp Fiction took that same award and triggered writer-director Quentin Tarantino's ascent to the A-list. The Cannes Film Festival awarded of its highest prize, the Palme d'Or, to the Turkish film Winter Sleep on Saturday.

(Screenshot of 'Pulp Fiction,' produced by Miramax) The Gimp character in Pulp Fiction, clad head-to-toe in studded black leather, has no lines in the film but still manages to be memorable.