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It’s been 23 years since her razor-sharp katana sword and yellow jumpsuit slashed their way into film legend in Kill Bill.
And now Uma Thurman is back in another martial arts-based action thriller, Pretty Lethal, as a vengeful former ballerina.
But the 55-year-old told InStyle that despite finding lasting fame as a bloodthirsty assassin in Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 movie, she doesn’t ‘particularly like’ violence.
She said: ‘Some people really like it; I don’t like it. When I see artful movement, I can enjoy violence and action because I’m blown away by it the way I would be if I saw an extraordinary dance performance.’
Which may explain why the ‘ballet-fu’ fighting style of Pretty Lethal – mixing martial arts with dance – appealed to her.
Also starring Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor, and Iris Apatow, the plot follows a group of ballerinas as they try to escape from a remote inn after their bus breaks down.
Uma, the icy proprietress, and her ‘mobs’ hunt them down in a tale rife with ‘well-timed kicks in the face’.
Since the Kill Bill films, the actress has mainly stuck to romance or cult movies such as Bel Ami and Playing For Keeps.
Uma went on to say that she sees no point in being nervous about AI, adding: ‘Our challenge is to be fluid and dexterous, open-minded and positive.’
Uma was reunited with her Killl Bill director Quentin in November when they attended the premiere of The Lost Chapter: Yuki’s Revenge.
Since collaborating on Pulp Fiction and the original Kill Bill films, Quentin and his ‘muse’ Uma have had a rocky professional relationship, with things increasingly strained after a car stunt on set left her injured.
In a profile by The New York Times in 2018, Uma revealed that their relationship was strained by a car accident on the set of the movies, which caused injuries to her neck and knee.
She said: ‘Quentin came in my trailer and didn’t like to hear no, like any director. He was furious because I’d cost them a lot of time. But I was scared. He said: “I promise you the car is fine. It’s a straight piece of road.”‘
Although their relationship was damaged by the accident, Tarantino helped her obtain footage of the accident in an attempt to hold Harvey Weinstein accountable for an alleged cover-up.
In response, Tarantino told Deadline: ‘It was heartbreaking. Beyond one of the biggest regrets of my career, it is one of the biggest regrets of my life. For a myriad of reasons.’
He added: ‘She blamed me for the crash and she had a right to blame me for the crash. I didn’t mean to do it. I talked her into getting in the car, I assured her the road was safe. And it wasn’t.’
Thurman’s daughter Maya Hawke recently made her Tarantino debut in Once Upon a Time In Hollywood as Manson family member Linda Kasabian.
