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Luc Besson Claims He Gave Quentin Tarantino the Idea to Retire After 10 Films: ‘He Copied Me’

Luc Besson claims he gave Quentin Tarantino the idea of retiring from filmmaking after directing 10 movies.

Tarantino has long been outspoken about his desire to step away from filmmaking at the top of his game and cited his plan to limit himself to 10 films as a reason he passed on directing an R-rated “Star Trek” movie for Paramount. Besson elaborated on the idea, explaining that he conceived of the retirement plan as a way of forcing himself to turn down lucrative studio offers that he knew would result in uninspired films. Besson is currently shooting his upcoming Gothic romance “Dracula: A Love Tale” with Christoph Waltz and Caleb Landry Jones, but he teased that his own retirement might be imminent.

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