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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Andrew Pulver

Rosanna Arquette says Quentin Tarantino’s use of N-word in Pulp Fiction is ‘racist and creepy’

Arquette at a 30th anniversary screening of Pulp Fiction in 2024.
Arquette at a 30th anniversary screening of Pulp Fiction in 2024. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

Pulp Fiction and Desperately Seeking Susan star Rosanna Arquette has said she found Quentin Tarantino’s use of the N-word in Pulp Fiction to be “racist and creepy”.

In an interview with the Sunday Times, Arquette said of the film, in which she plays the tattooed and pierced wife to Eric Stoltz’s syringe-wielding drug dealer: “It’s iconic, a great film on a lot of levels. But personally I am over the use of the N-word – I hate it. I cannot stand that [Tarantino] has been given a hall pass.”

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