Fassbender Directed Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs in Ireland

11 August 2009

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German-born actor Michael Fassbender, one of the stars of Quentin Tarantino's new movie Inglourious Basterds, once staged and starred in a charity theatrical adaptation of the moviemaker's breakthrough film Reservoir Dogs.

Fassbender, who plays Lt. Archie Hicox in the new war movie, admits his Dogs play in Killarney, Ireland was a comedy of errors.

He tells Wenn, "I was 18 and I played Mr Pink and I directed it as well. It was pure naivete and enthusiasm but a good lesson to learn by doing. I basically didn't know what I was getting myself into and there were plenty of hitches.

I guess there was so much hype about the film at the time and it was so controversialMichael Fassbender

"We lost our Mr Orange about two weeks before we were opening, so I had to recast that. Then an 18 year old giving directions to actors in their 20s; there were plenty of hiccups along the way.

"We also had problems finding a charity that would take our money - nobody wanted to be associated with Reservoir Dogs. So, in the end, we had to go with a private charity and basically keep it anonymous. It's funny that nobody wanted our money. I guess there was so much hype about the film at the time and it was so controversial".

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