Tarantino's Basterd deal to choke Kruger
Diane Kruger put her life in the hands of director Quentin Tarantino on the set of war movie Inglourious Basterds - after agreeing to let the filmmaker choke her during a fight scene. Kruger plays German spy Bridget von Hammersmark in the film about a group of Jewish-American Nazi killers. In one brutal scene Kruger's character is strangled - and Tarantino was convinced the only way to make the struggle realistic was to choke his leading lady himself. He explains, "When you watch the film...
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