Kurt Russell
Tarantino attempted to cast John Travolta, Willem Dafoe, John Malkovich, Mickey Rourke, Ron Perlman, Bruce Willis, Kal Penn and Sylvester Stallone in "Death Proof", but none were able to work due to prior commitments. In an interview, Tarantino revealed that he cast Kurt Russell as the killer stunt driver because "for people of my generation, he's a true hero…but now, there's a whole audience out there that doesn't know what Kurt Russell can do. When I open the newspaper and see an ad that says 'Kurt Russell in "Dreamer",' or 'Kurt Russell in "Miracle",' I'm not disparaging these movies, but I'm thinking: when is Kurt Russell going to be a badass again?” Eli Roth, "Planet Terror" leading actress Rose McGowan, and Tarantino himself appear in the film. Roth flew in from Europe, where he was filming "", to film his scenes, which took one day.