Kruger, Schweiger are 'Bastards' (THR)
By Nancy Tartaglione-Vialatte
Quentin Tarantino has added Diane Kruger and Til Schweiger to the ever-expanding cast of his �Inglorious Bastards.� Kruger will step into a role that Nastassja Kinski had been circling.
"Bastards" is centered around a French girl's revenge on the Nazis and also follows a band of American Nazi killers. Both story lines eventually converge.
Kruger, who is German-born but who has made her career home in France as well as working in US fare like the �National Treasure� films, will play a glamorous German actress who ends up helping the Nazi hunters infiltrate a movie premiere. She will act in German and English in the film, notes The Hollywood Reporter.
Schweiger will play a member of the Nazi killer team which is led by Brad Pitt's character, Lt. Aldo Raine.
Others in the cast include Christoph Waltz, Daniel Bruhl, Eli Roth and Mike Myers.
Shooting starts Oct. 13 in Germany, with the plan to debut in Cannes in May.
Kruger will soon be seen in Jaco van Dormael�s "Mr. Nobody" with Sarah Polley and Jared Leto and "Run for Her Life" with Dermot Mulroney.
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