Guy Ritchie’s New Movie Gets Compared to Tarantino’s Iconic Drama, But Everyone’s Offended

Summary:

• With a very high chance of probability, every filmmaker would be endlessly flattered if they were ever compared to Quentin Tarantino — but it doesn’t concern Guy Ritchie, according to his brand new film’s stars.
• During the cast’s recent interview one of the actors shut down the interviewer’s idea about similarities between The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and one of Tarantino’s iconic movies.
• The rest of the cast later on defended their colleague’s opinion saying that Guy Ritchie’s directorial view is totally unique.

Quentin Tarantino may still stick to his fixed idea of having a 10-film-long filmography, but his legacy surely goes further with his short, yet impressive list of works, inspiring so many filmmakers across the world for their own cinematic steps.

However, it doesn’t seem to be Guy Ritchie’s case, despite the fact that the latter’s brand new movie has a major historical intersection with one of Tarantino’s finest works.

Though this suggestion wasn’t confirmed by Guy Ritchie himself, it was brutally shut down by Babs Olusanmokun who got to portray SOE agent Richard Heron in Ritchie’s spy drama The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.

Talking to CBR about the new movie and replying to the interviewer’s comparison, Olusanmokun stated that there’s literally nothing in common between The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and Tarantino’s epic drama Inglourious Basterds — except for the fact that both films feature Nazis.

Olusanmokun then specified that such a guess could make sense given that many directors include some kind of nod to another filmmaker or movie in their work, but it can’t be referred to Guy Ritchie in any way.

The actor also added that The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is “from beyond Inglourious Basterds. This is Guy Ritchie's film. You can't compare”.

Olusanmokun’s co-star Cary Elwes was quick to highlight that there’s indeed nobody else like Guy Ritchie, however flattering comparisons with Quentin Tarantino would sound.

Elwes went on explaining that Ritchie is very easy and funny to work with as the director tends to make his actors explore their roles’ hidden corners that would eventually make the characters look better on the screen.

Eiza González, who also starred in the brand new movie, didn’t stay away from her co-stars either. The actress admitted that Ritchie’s ability to push the actor towards getting the best of the role is really fascinating as nobody still managed to decipher the director’s method — and “that's what makes Guy very special, and all his movies very special”.

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is now available in cinemas.

Source: CBR