RODRIGUEZ AND TARANTINO CAST THEIR EXPLOITATION IDOLS.īoth filmmakers are on-the-record fans of exploitation movies, and they peppered the movie with their favorites. Tarantino’s script originally called her character “Blonde Death,” but after Hayek (a brunette) was cast, Tarantino changed it to “Satanico Pandemonium”-a Mexican horror movie he remembered from his time working at a video store. Salma Hayek in 'From Dusk Till Dawn' (1996).
