- The actress was supposed to appear in a movie called ‘Eloise in Paris’
- It was canceled due to a breach of contract dispute brought by Thurman’s team
Uma Thurman is one of Hollywood’s most famous actresses, with a wide variety of movies to her name.
After gaining attention for her role as Mia Wallace in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 hit Pulp Fiction, she became an international star and appeared in many more movies.
She acted in The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1966), Gattaca (1997) and more recently The House That Built (2018) and Red, White and Royal Blue (2023).
Her star continued to rise when she was cast as the lead in Tarantino’s Kill Bill – volume one and volume two, with part one grossing $180 million worldwide.
However, there is one 2010 film that Thurman was supposed to appear in that never materialized due to a breach of contract dispute.
Uma Thurman is one of Hollywood’s most famous actresses, with a wide variety of movies up her sleeve
The movie was Eloise in Paris, which was based on a 1950s children’s book of the same name by Kay Thompson.
It was widely reported that before filming even ended, the project was canceled due to a breach of contract dispute brought by Uma Thurman’s legal team – Karuna Dream Inc.
The actress’ contract was leaked later that year, revealing a list of demands she outlined.
According to Female Firstrevealed paperwork that Thurman would need a luxury dressing room, first-class air travel, a minimum “three-bedroom hotel suite” and three cellphones to use during filming.
It also requires that no other cast member be given ‘more favorable dressing facilities’ than Thurman and she also be allowed to purchase costumes and wigs from the film at a 50% discount.
There is another clause that prohibits the movie from using the actress’ “name or likeness” for merchandising that includes this very specific list of products:
“Tobacco, weapons, religious items, personal hygiene products, intimate clothing, pornography, gambling, pet food and gastric or rectal medications.”
Thurman isn’t the only Hollywood actor with outlandish requests – extravagant demands are actually quite common.
According to Female First, paperwork revealed that Thurman (here in Kill Bill) needed a luxury dressing room, first-class air travel, a minimum ‘three-bedroom hotel suite’ and three cellphones to use during filming
Uma Thurman and her daughter Maya Hawke have been featured in a new trailer for the upcoming comedy-thriller The Kill Room
It comes after it was revealed that Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has a clause that ‘limits how ‘badly’ he can be beaten on screen.
Johnson even supposedly had a script adapted in The Fate of the Furious so that he sat up instead of lying down after a fight.
According to BuzzFeedSamuel L. Jackson is reportedly adding a clause to his contracts that gives him the option to play golf twice a week.
Queen Latifah also reportedly added a ‘no die’ line after the movie ‘Set It Off’ was filmed.
With her illustrious career continuing, it is unknown whether Thurman implements similar clauses in her contracts today.
She recently appeared alongside her daughter Maya Hawke in a new trailer for the upcoming comedy thriller The Kill Room.
This is the first time the mother-daughter duo have acted together, after Maya shot to fame as Robin Buckley in Netflix’s sci-fi drama Stranger Things.