Uma Thurman once gave her daughter Maya Hawke a firm warning about working with Quentin Tarantino.
Now, any fans of cult cinema will no doubt know all about the long-running rumour about the 62-year-old film director, responsible for a whole filmography of box-office hits, including Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction, and his reported foot fetish.
Despite mass public belief, it's not properly confirmed whether Tarantino actually has such a kink, but Page Six has reported back in 2023 that the filmmaker allegedly paid $10,000 to lick a woman’s feet at a strip club.
He's also partial to throwing in a bunch of feet shots - specifically regarding his films' female characters - into his flicks, hence why so many people are convinced he loves a pair of trotters.
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However, he does maintain that every foot shot is essential to the telling of the story of each given film.
Thurman, 55, has starred in three Tarantino films over her decade-spanning career.
And it's clear the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, as her daughter, Hawke, who she shares with ex-husband Ethan Hawke, likewise starred on his 2019 western-comedy, Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood.
Hawke, 27, recently appeared on Tuesday's episode (4 November) of Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast, where she was asked whether her Hollywood A-lister mother ever offered her advice when it came to working with the award-winning director.
According to the Stranger Things actress, Thurman told her to 'keep your shoes on'.
"Keep your shoes on," repeated the podcast host as the pair burst into laughter.
"Keep ’em on, baby. Perfect advice. Perfect," Poehler - who starred on Inside Out 2 alongside Hawke - added as they chuckled some more.
Last July, Thurman directly addressed Tarantino's foot fetish rumour during an interview on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
"There’s this rumour that Quentin Tarantino has a foot fetish," O’Brein told Thurman, making reference to the many close-ups of her feet in the Kill Bill franchise.
While Thurman maintained that the director 'staunchly denies' such an allegation, she did encourage O’Brien to interview him about it.
"He claims that every foot shot was essential to the telling of the story," she said, to which O'Brien replied: "There are times when I don’t see the point at all. There’s a serious plot going on, and then languid shots of a foot out of nowhere.
"That’s not true, but I’m just curious; it makes you wonder."
Topics: Celebrity, Parenting, Cinema, TV And Film, Sex and Relationships
Rhiannon Ingle