Trivia: Michael Madsen was extremely reluctant to film the torture scenes, especially when he was required to hit Kirk Baltz.
Trivia: In the opening scene of Reservoir Dogs Quentin Tarantino says that Madonna's "Like a Virgin" song is a metaphor for big dicks. Long after the movie was made, Quentin met Madonna and she gave him a copy of her album Erotica and inscribed it with "To Quentin - it's about love, not dick."
Trivia: Mr. Blonde's real name is Vic Vega. John Travolta plays Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction. In a cut scene, Nice Guy Eddie (Christopher Penn) is calling a doctor to fix Mr. Orange. Her name is Bonnie. Quentin Tarantino's wife's name is Bonnie in Pulp Fiction. And she's a nurse. Mr. Blonde's parole officer is Seymour Scagnetti. Scagnetti plays the cop in Natural Born Killers. Mr. White used to hang out with Alabama. Alabama is the lead female in True Romance.
Trivia: When we see Eddie on his way to the warehouse there's a clue as to the rat's identity - an orange balloon behind the car.
Trivia: The film's budget was so low that many of the actors simply used their own clothing as wardrobe, most notably Chris Penn's track jacket. The signature black suits were provided for free by the designer agnes b., based on her love for the American crime film genre. Steve Buscemi wore his own black jeans instead of suit pants.
Trivia: Quentin Tarantino did not actually give a script to Kirk Baltz (Marvin Nash) for the scene in which Mr. Blonde was going to light him on fire. Instead, while practicing the scene, he basically just said "Convince this man not to light you on fire." While Kirk Baltz was going through the obvious lines like "Please don't. Stop.", he remembered Michael Madsen had just had a kid, and said "I have a little kid at home." As soon as he said that, Madsen immediately stopped, and did everything he could to convince Quentin to NOT let Baltz use that line, but Quentin liked it so much he made him use it for filming.
Trivia: Mr. Blonde's car really belonged to Michael Madsen. The film's budget restricted Quentin Tarantino from buying a separate car for the Blonde character.
Trivia: When Harvey Keitel and Steve Buscemi go to the back room of the warehouse, Keitel asks Buscemi for a cigarette. When he gives him the cigarette, Keitel leaves the scene for a brief moment. He in fact leaves the scene because he had forgotten the lighter and would not be able to light the cigarettes, but being a good actor, he just went with it left the scene got the lighter and came back to finish the scene.
Trivia: Kirk Baltz wanted to get the feel of what it was like to be driven around in a trunk, so one day on the set he asked Michael Madsen to drive him around for a while. Madsen immediately jumped at the opportunity and took him for a drive. He planned on taking a quick trip around the block, but decided to have some fun, and went down an extremely bumpy alley. When he got out of the alley, he saw a Taco Bell, and figured he should get some food, just like Mr. Blonde does in the movie. Madsen said that he had to turn the radio up really loud to make sure no one heard the screams that were coming from the trunk. Ask Michael Madsen, and when he opened the trunk, Baltz was terrified and crying like a baby. Ask Baltz, and he was a little shook up, but handled it well.
Trivia: Not really a mistake, just an observation. At the end of the movie when Joe appears, he is asked the status of one of the other crooks. He replies, "Dead as Dillinger". The actor who plays Joe, Lawrence Tierney, portrayed Dillinger in the 1945 Monogram film 'Dillinger'.
Trivia: Michael Madsen (Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega) was scheduled to play the role again in Pulp Fiction (and apparently, if he had, Jules would have been the one who was killed in the bathroom through a completely different story...), but he couldn't due to commitments to the film Wyatt Earp. Quentin Tarantino was adamant to work with him again, however; keep an eye out for him in Kill Bill.
Trivia: In the opening scene at the diner when they are leaving, just before it fades to black, Nice Guy Eddie can be seen tripping over one of the chairs.
Trivia: In the opening scene Tarantino is giving his interpretation of "Like a Virgin." Nice guy Eddie is played by Madonna's former brother-in-law (Chris Penn)
Trivia: With reference to another bit of trivia that points out Michael Madsen's Vic Vega in this film and John Tratolta's Vincent Vega in "Pulp Fiction" (1994). They were written to be brothers.
Chosen answer: Having just been shot a second time, he was probably dying by that point. He'd done many extremely questionable things - even murdered an innocent mom - and stood by as other terrible crimes were committed in his presence. He'd grown close to Mr. White, who'd just murdered two friends and taken a bullet for Orange's sake - even as Mr. Orange was betraying him all along. So partly this was about his attachment to Mr. White, and partly a death wish stemming from his own guilt about his actions. He knew full well what would happen but told Mr. White anyway, disregarding the consequences.