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Pulp Fiction almost closed out with a different vibe. Quentin Tarantino had a wild twist that would’ve thrown off the whole ending we know and love. Samuel L. Jackson dropped the bomb recently, spilling that Tarantino’s original plan was to make the last scene much bloodier. And honestly? That change would’ve killed the magic.
Here’s the deal: in the Pulp Fiction finale, we see Jackson’s Jules and John Travolta’s Vincent Vega taking a breather in a diner, ready to hand over Marcellus’ precious briefcase. Enter Pumpkin and Honey Bunny—two robbers who picked the wrong place to hit. Fresh off his epiphany to ditch the criminal life, Jules lets them walk. He doesn’t throw punches, no bullets fly—just words. And it works. This scene is as intense as it gets, but Tarantino’s first idea had Jules imagine something much darker.
Jackson explained in a GQ interview that Tarantino originally wrote a vision where Jules imagines taking the two robbers out. In this alternate twist, Jules envisions gunning down Pumpkin and Honey Bunny before snapping back to reality and deciding to let them live. The imagined moment would’ve shown Jules struggling with his old violent ways, but let’s be honest—it would’ve killed the whole point.
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