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TIL after the original script for ‘The Hateful Eight’ was leaked in a hack and distributed online, Tarantino vowed to never make another film. However, the cast, namely Samuel L. Jackson, were so impressed by the script during a live reading, that Tarantino was convinced to go ahead and make it.

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