Maria de Medeiros "When I read the Pulp Fiction script I thought: I don't know who is going to like this, but I sure do"

2/21/2014 00:00

The 48-year-old actress and singer talks about the 20 years anniversary of Tarantino's movie and about her third album, available this Wednesday.

Twenty years ago, Maria de Medeiros asked Bruce Willis about Zed in Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. After that, she has done so much as an actress and filmmaker that these lines do not even measure up to her accomplishments - rather they occupy them with a dialogue from the film. The daughter of maestro António Vitorino de Almeida felt constrained from writing and composing songs, but she overcame this in her third album, "Eternal Birds", where she collaborates with Legendary Tigerman and sings in four languages.

"Pulp Fiction" makes this year 20 years. What memories do you have of that time?

Oh, it's true, its the 20 years anniversary. I have excellent memories. It was so much fun and I think Tarantino continues to be a very important director, making extraordinary films. I only have good memories.

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Chosen/translated by: Daniela.
Revised by: Badriah.

Not only Pulp Fiction is one of my favorite movies, but also is known as one of the best cinematographic works of all time. This film was nominated for 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won many other prizes.

In 1994, Tarantino directed this masterpiece that would influence generations and movie genres. Our Portuguese actress Maria de Medeiros played the role of Fabienne, the French lover of Butch, played by Bruce Willis.

I don’t know why she didn’t play a Portuguese character, but this seems to be a normal thing in Hollywood: Portuguese actors never play the role of their real nationalities. For example, Joaquim de Almeida is always the Latin, Spanish or Brazilian bad guy; Pepe Rapazote will appear in Narcos, as a Columbian drug lord, or even Diogo Morgado, who played Jesus.

However, we need to be proud of Maria de Medeiros, because she shared the big screen with iconic actors like Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta.