History Trivia / InglouriousBasterds

** Tarantino asked Creator/AdamSandler to play Sgt. Donny Donowitz, but Sandler declined due to schedule conflicts with ''Film/FunnyPeople''. This led to Donowitz being played by Tarantino's real-life best friend, Creator/EliRoth.

* WordOfGod: According to Creator/QuentinTarantino, Aldo Raine is the great grandfather of Floyd -- Creator/BradPitt's character in ''Film/TrueRomance''.

* ReferencedBy: Shoshanna's introductory scenes are given a WholePlotReference in the music video for "The People Under the Stairs" by Music/IceNineKills.

* ActorSharedBackground: Creator/MelanieLaurent really is a French Jew. Her grandfather survived deportation to a concentration camp in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. She was pleased with being the "face of Jewish vengeance", and felt he would be happy about it as well.

** Creator/AlbertFinney was originally supposed to play UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, a role he previously played in the telemovie ''The Gathering Storm''.

** Creator/NastassjaKinski was in talks for Bridget Von Hammersmark; Tarantino even flew to Germany to meet the actress, but a deal wasn't reached.

* TheCastShowoff: Creator/ChristophWaltz and Creator/DianeKruger are both fluent in English and French in addition to their native German. Waltz speaks all three in the film, in addition to Italian. He speaks some Hebrew, too. Kruger speaks English and German alternately throughout the film, and had to affect a thick German accent because her natural speech nearly lacks one.

* ActorSharedBackground: Creator/MelanieLaurent really is a French Jew. Her grandfather had survived deportation to a concentration camp in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. She was pleased with being the "face of Jewish vengeance" and felt he would be happy about it as well.
* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/TilSchweiger had refused to wear Nazi uniforms in films before. He took the role of Hugo Stiglitz because he'd get to kill Nazis in the film.
* BannedEpisode: Averted. This is of the very few films from Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany to still air on television due to international and home video rights being owned by Creator/{{Universal}}.

* BillingDisplacement: Creator/ChristophWaltz is credited third behind Creator/BradPitt and Creator/MelanieLaurent, despite playing the most prominent role and iconic role. This is downplayed though given it's an EnsembleCast.

** Creator/TilSchweiger was given a choice of roles, either Sergeant Hugo Stiglitz or Corporal Wilhelm Wicki. He chose the former.
** Creator/DanielBruhl was offered the roles of Major Dieter Hellstrom or Staff Seargent Wilhelm Wicki before being cast as Private First Class Fredrick Zoller.
* TheCastShowoff: Creator/ChristophWaltz and Creator/DianeKruger are both fluent in English and French in addition to their native German. Waltz speaks all three in the film, in addition to Italian. He speaks some Hebrew, too. Kruger speaks English and German alternately throughout the film and has to affect a thick German accent because her natural speech nearly lacks one.

* DarkhorseCasting: Melanie Laurent almost didn't get the role of Shosanna because Quentin Tarantino was worried by her fame in France - saying he wanted to "discover" someone. She assured him she wasn't so famous, and won the part.

** Creator/ClorisLeachman filmed a scene as an elderly Jewish woman living in Boston, who autographs Donny's baseball bat. Although the scene was cut, Quentin has said he might use it in the prequel.

* DoingItForTheArt: Rod Taylor watched hours of footage featuring Winston Churchill to properly get his movements and speech patterns learned.

** [[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/quentin-tarantino-fired-inglorious-basterds-extra-for-not-knowing-character-backstory-190239645.html Eli Roth has stated]] that Tarantino repeatedly delayed filming the scene in which Donowitz beats a Nazi Officer to death, knowing that the delays would increasingly annoy Roth, and thus heighten his intensity in the scene.

** Creator/MikeMyers plays another quintessential Brit, General Fenech, but is the Canadian-born son of English parents and holds Canadian, British and American citizenship.
** Creator/RodTaylor, who plays Prime Minister UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, was Australian.

** Downplayed with Diane Kruger who is German, like her character. However years of working in Hollywood had caused her to lose most of her accent - so she joked that she had to ironically put on a fake accent to make Bridget von Hammersmark sound more German.
* FatalMethodActing: A near miss. During the climactic scene, the fire raging through the cinema was completely real. Unfortunately, it began to get out of hand, and the two actors in the scene were only wearing a jelly to protect their skin; the rest of the crew had fire suits. Ten seconds after Quentin Tarantino called 'cut' and everyone rushed off, the platform the actors had been standing on collapsed. The heat was so intense (2000 degrees fahrenheit) one of them passed out afterwards.

** Creator/EliRoth joked that the period clothing helped make him especially aggressive, saying "wearing wool underwear will make you want to kill anything". His girlfriend also added [[Music/MileyCyrus Hannah Montana]] music onto his [=iPod=] to {{Troll}} him, which helped get him angry enough.

* TheOtherMarty: Creator/SimonPegg was cast as Lt. Archie Hicox but dropped out right before filming began due to scheduling conflicts with ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011''. Michael Fassbender then replaced him.
* PlayingAgainstType: Samm Levine is better known for his nerdy NiceGuy roles in series like ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' and ''Series/{{Undeclared}}''.
* PromotedFanboy: Creator/MikeMyers was reportedly a Tarantino fan, which got him his cameo in Chapter 4 "Operation Kino".
* ReferencedBy: Shoshanna's introductory scenes are a WholePlotReference in the music video for "The People Under the Stairs" by Music/IceNineKills.

* ThrowItIn: The giant swastika falling down in the final scene is real, it was a mistake that happened on the set.

** Creator/QuentinTarantino originally sought Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio to be cast as Hans Landa, before deciding to have the character played by a native German-speaking actor. A regretful [=DiCaprio=] made Tarantino promise to cast him in a later movie- a promise Tarantino kept with his next film, ''[[Film/DjangoUnchained Django Unchained]].''

** Creator/TimRoth was offered the role of Lt. Archie Hicox, but declined due to his schedule to ''Series/LieToMe''. Creator/SimonPegg was offered the role, but he was busy filming ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011''.
** At one point Music/EnnioMorricone was onboard to compose the score but backed out due to his belief that he would be unable to work efficiently in the amount of time given.

** The original draft of the script had Shoshanna as a far more active member of the French resistance, sniping at Nazis from rooftops and even having a kill list of known German officials. But when Tarantino made ''Film/KillBill'', those details were worked into the film, and he felt it was more in character for Shoshanna to keep a low profile.

** In the original script, a Nazi who had a swastika carved onto his forehead during one of the Basterd's previous operations recognizes Donny at the theater.

** In the original script, Utvich poses as the chauffeur of Bridgette and her guests despite not knowing how to drive.
* WordOfGod: According to Creator/QuentinTarantino, Aldo Raine is the great grandfather of Floyd - Creator/BradPitt's character in ''Film/TrueRomance''.
* WorkingTitle: ''Once Upon a Time in Nazi Occupied France''.

* TheOtherMarty: Creator/SimonPegg was cast as Lt. Archie Hicox but dropped out right before filming began due to scheduling conflicts with ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin''. Michael Fassbender then replaced him.

** Creator/TimRoth was offered the role of Lt. Archie Hicox, but declined due to his schedule to ''Series/LieToMe''. Creator/SimonPegg was offered the role, but he was busy filming ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin''.

** Creator/QuentinTarantino originally sought Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio to be cast as Hans Landa, before deciding to have the character played by a native German-speaking actor.
** Tarantino asked Creator/AdamSandler to play Sgt. Donny Donowitz, but Sandler declined due to schedule conflicts with ''Film/FunnyPeople''.

** At his audition in Berlin, Creator/MichaelFassbender inquired about playing Colonel Hans Landa. Quentin Tarantino replied, "Look, man, any guy that gets cast as [[Literature/WutheringHeights Heathcliff]] is not fucking German enough to play my Landa, all right?"
** Til Schweiger was given a choice of roles, either Sergeant Hugo Stiglitz or Corporal Wilhelm Wicki. He chose the former.

* TheCastShowoff: Christoph Waltz and Diane Kruger are both fluent in English and French in addition to their native German. Waltz speaks all three in the film, in addition to Italian. He speaks some Hebrew, too. Kruger speaks English and German alternately throughout the film and has to affect a thick German accent because her natural speech nearly lacks one.
* CreatorsFavorite: Not quite the whole film, but Tarantino does consider Landa the best character he's ever created.

** In the scene where [[spoiler:Von Hammersmark is strangled to death by Hans Landa, Quentin Tarantino decided to strangle her himself with his own hands during close-up scenes of her face, in order to add realism to her death. He strangled the actress Diane Kruger so hard that she ACTUALLY passed out.]] And it worked.

* DarkHorseCasting: Melanie Laurent almost didn't get the role of Shosanna because Quentin Tarantino was worried by her fame in France - saying he wanted to "discover" someone. She assured him she wasn't so famous, and won the part.

* BannedEpisode: Averted. This is of the very few films from Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany to still air on television due to the rights of the film being owned by Creator/{{Universal}}.

** Christian Berkel, who plays a French bartender, is actually German.
*** Berkel, however, partially grew up in France.

* StarMakingRole: This is the film that introduced Creator/MichaelFassbender (solidified in ''Film/XMenFirstClass''), Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/MelanieLaurent, and Creator/DanielBruhl to widespread American audiences.

* StarMakingRole: This is the film that introduced Creator/MichaelFassbender, Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/MelanieLaurent, and Creator/DanielBruhl to widespread American audiences.

* BannedEpisode: Adverted. This is of the very few films from Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany to still air on television due to the rights of the film being owned by Creator/{{Universal}}.

** Creator/TimRoth was offered the role of Lt. Archie Hicox, but declined due to his schedule to ''Series/LieToMe''. Creator/SimonPegg was offered the role, but he was busy filming ''Film/AdventuresOfTintin''.

** Creator/TimRoth was offered the role of Lt. Archie Hicox, but declined due to his schedule to ''Series/LieToMe''. Creator/SimonPegg was offered the role, but he was busy filming ''Film/TheAdventuresOfTintin''.

** Creator/TimRoth was offered the role of Lt. Archie Hicox, but declined due to his schedule to ''Series/LieToMe''. Creator/SimonPegg was offered the role, but he was busy filming ''Film/TheAdventuresOfTintinTheSecretOfTheUnicorn''.

** Creator/TimRoth was offered the role of Lt. Archie Hicox, but declined due to his schedule to ''Series/LieToMe''.

* StarMakingRole: This is the film that introduced Creator/MichaelFassbender, Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/MelanieLaurent, and Daniel Brühl to widespread American audiences.

* BonusMaterial: ''Nation's Pride'' is included in its entirety on the DVD.

* EnforcedMethodActing: In the scene where [[spoiler: Von Hammersmark is strangled to death by Hans Landa, Quentin Tarantino decided to strangle her himself with his own hands during close-up scenes of her face, in order to add realism to her death. He strangled the actress Diane Kruger so hard that she ACTUALLY passed out.]] And it worked.