Michael Madsen died at 67: Hollywood loses a cult mouth of Quentin Tarantino’s cinema
From the torture scene of Reservoir Dogs to his face-to-face with the bride in Kill Bill, he will remain as one of the most unforgettable faces of the bloody thriller.
The American actor Michael Madsenknown for his iconic roles in the films of Quentin Tarantinodied at the age of 67 ansconfirmed Variety.
He was found inanimate at his home as MalibuThursday morning. According to his agent, the probable cause would be a cardiac arrest.
Michael Madsen will remain in the memories for having embodied Mr. Blonde In Reservoir Dogs (1992), a character as charismatic as it is terrifying, which remained famous for The torture scene at the cutter on the background of “Stuck in the Middle With You”
The actor, accustomed to the latter roles, will find Tarantino in Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2where he played Bill’s brother, in his caravan.
Favorite actor of QT, He will then make one of the outlaws of Eight bastards before having a small role of sheriff in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.
Born in Chicago in 1957, brother’s brother Virginia Madsenhe leaves behind him a filmography of more than 300 titlesgoing from Donnie Brasco has Sin Citypassing by Thelma & Louise or Mulholland Falls. He had also passed through France, finding himself in the Blueberry by Jan Kounen, then in Noise Faced with Gilles Lellouche.
Gender actor, underground face, Madsen alone embodied a Brutal American cinema and box.
In the past two years, he worked on several independent films to come (Resurrection Road, Concessions, Cookbook for Southern Housewives) and prepared the publication of a new poetry collection, Tears for My Father: Outlaw Thoughts and Poems.
“Michael Madsen was one of Hollywood’s most emblematic actors. It will be missing a lot”said its representatives.
