Quentin Tarantino Blasts ‘Pulp Fiction’ Actress Rosanna Arquette For Criticizing His Films’ Use Of The N-Word

Quentin Tarantino slammed “Pulp Fiction” actress Rosanna Arquette after she criticized him for his repeated use of the N-word in his films.

Tarantino blasted the actress after Arquette told The Sunday Times she was appalled by Tarantino’s use of the racial slur while executing her minor role in the epic 1994 cult classic.

“Personally I am over the use of the N-word — I hate it,” Arquette said in the interview, published March 7.

The legendary filmmaker wasted no time hitting back.

Director Quentin Tarantino standing by a poster for his film ‘Pulp Fiction’, London, United Kingdom, 1994. (Photo by Martyn Goodacre/Getty Images)

“I cannot stand that he [Tarantino] has been given a hall pass. It’s not art, it’s just racist and creepy,” Arquette said, despite admitting that “Pulp Fiction” was “a great film on a lot of levels.”

Tarantino swiftly responded in a letter addressed to Arquette directly and shared with the press.

“I hope the publicity you’re getting from 132 different media outlets writing your name and printing your picture was worth disrespecting me and a film I remember quite clearly you were thrilled to be a part of?” he said, according to Variety.

“Do you feel this way now? Very possibly,” he wrote. “But after I gave you a job, and you took the money, to trash it for what I suspect is very cynical reasons, shows a decided lack of class, no less honor.”

He called out Arquette’s tactics.

“There is supposed to be an esprit de corps between artistic colleagues. But it would appear the objective was accomplished. Congratulations,” he concluded. (RELATED: Quentin Tarantino Breaks Down His Best Films)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 08: Rosanna Arquette attends the season finale screening of Apple TV+’s “Severance” at DGA Theater Complex on April 08, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Arquette played Jody, the wife of Eric Stoltz’s drug dealer, Lance, in the hit film.

She’s not the first to be critical of Tarantino’s repeated use of the racial slur in his films.

The N-word was uttered approximately 20 times throughout the movie and approximately 110 times in “Django Unchained.” Variety noted.

Veteran actors Jamie Foxx and Samuel L. Jackson, who have appeared in a number of Tarantino’s films, have both defended the filmmaker’s use of the term in his screenplays.

HOLLYWOOD, CA – DECEMBER 21: Filmmaker and Director Quentin Tarantino and actor Samuel L. Jackson pose at the Hollywood Walk of Fame on December 21, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)

Jackson previously defended Tarantino, saying his work was authentic to the setting being projected in his movies.  He addressed the use of the term in 2022, according to an interview with London’s The Times. 

“Every time someone wants an example of overuse of the N-word, they go to Quentin — it’s unfair,” he said at the time.

“He’s just telling the story and the characters do talk like that.”