True Romance viert dit jaar zijn vijftiende verjaardag, en we mogen die film intussen best een klassieker noemen. Tony Scott regisseerde, Quentin Tarantino schreef het script, en op het witte doek zien we onder meer Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, James Gandolfini, Tom Sizemore en Gary Oldman. Maxim rakelt samen met de crew verhalen op over het maken van de film.

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Scott: We met with Patricia, and Christian had a woody from the first time he saw her.

Sizemore: Tony started every take like this: “Rock ’n’ roll, motherfuckers! Action!” 

Gandolfini: We were crowded into this little trailer when Hopper gets shot, so everyone was offered earplugs. I remember Walken didn’t ask for any, so, being very cool, I didn’t ask for any either. I couldn’t hear for three goddamn days.

Arquette: My mind wasn’t where I wanted to be, so Tony said, “Do you want me to help you?” I said yes, and he smacked me in the face. I was shocked. I started crying.

Scott: When she couldn’t get herself there emotionally, Patricia used to call my right hand “the Persuader.” She’d say, “Bring on the Persuader,” and I’d have to slap her. She’d say, “Hit me harder!” I’d stand there on the set giving Patricia right-handers.