Jennifer Lawrence could end up being another Bette Davis: Quentin Tarantino

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino has confessed he is a big fan of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence.

The 52-year-old Pulp Fiction director thinks Lawrence, 25, could have done a good job with the heroine's part in his upcoming film The Hateful Eight, reported People magazine.

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I could have seen Jennifer Lawrence doing a good job with the role. I'm a very big fan of hers. I think she could end up being another little Bette Davis if she keeps on going the way she's going, Tarantino said.

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He, however, said the character he perceived was older than Lawrence's age and Jennifer Jason Leigh did a great job. Jennifer Jason Leigh came in and was really good. She went for a couple of things that other people just kind of play-acted. She had to act like she got shot, and she just screamed bloody murder. I kept remembering Jennifer's bloodcurdling scream. If it had happened in a house, somebody would have called the cops, he said.

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The Hateful Eight also stars Samuel L Jackson, Kurt Russell, Tim Roth and Michael Madsen. It is scheduled to hit theatres in US this Christmas.

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