Quentin Tarantino loves Kevin Costner’s film, which nobody knows anymore – and even wanted to live like the main character

Quentin Tarantino is an enthusiastic guy. His list of favorite films alone seems to grow by the hour. As a young man, he was particularly impressed by a forgotten Kevin Costner film from the 80s: after seeing Fandango, he wanted to behave just as filthy as his character Gardner Barnes. “Pee, drink and puke”: Quentin Tarantino loved Kevin Costner’s Fandango character

Collider quotes Tarantino’s 1994 interview with Vanity Fair:

Fandango is one of the best directorial debuts in film history. [Genau wie Kevin Costners Figur] I wanted to wear a dirty tuxedo and drive in a car in the desert sleeping, peeing, drinking and puking.

Watch the English trailer for Fandango here:

According to the article, he was so impressed that he spent some time Clothing and language of Costner’s character as a model In Fandango, Gardner Barnes is one of five college friends who let go of all inhibitions on a road trip in 1971. After that, for many of them, the serious side of life is about to begin, which at that time also includes military service in Vietnam.

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Today, Fandango is one of Costner’s lesser-known films, and his Hollywood career only really took off afterward. Nevertheless, it was the first time he worked with a director who Tarantino alludes to and who would later be responsible for two of Costner’s most fateful moments: Kevin Reynolds also directed Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Waterworld, among others.

In 1985, Fandango received many above-average reviews but flopped at the box office. If you want to watch it today, you can find it on Apple TV+’s streaming service.