Johnny Depp? Michael Keaton? Nic Cage? See Quentin Tarantino’s Original Casting Shortlist For ‘Pulp Fiction’

You remember “Pulp Fiction,” Quentin Tarantino’s acclaimed second feature? Starring Denzel Washington as Vincent Vega, Eddie Murphy as his Bible-quoting partner Jules, Johnny Depp as boxer Jules, Julie Delpy as his lover Fabian, Marisa Tomei as gangster’s moll Mia, Samuel L. Jackson as her fearsome beau Marsellus, Nic Cage and Phoebe Cates as small-time thieves Pumpkin and Honey Bunny, Sean Penn as the man who put a watch up his ass, John Cusack as dealer Lance and Danny De Vito as clean-up expert The Wolf?

Probably not in that form, anyway. But in a parallel world, that’s the cast list that we could have ended up with, according to a fascinating leak that’s emerged on Reddit in the last couple of days that reveals Tarantino’s original casting shortlist for his ultimately Palme d’Or and Oscar-winning sophomore feature. The documents (that you can see below) reveal that in some cases Tarantino was able to get his first choice, but not in others — Vincent was written for Michael...