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Peter Green, who played memorable villains in classic nineties films pulp Fiction And maskHas died at the age of 60.
The actor was found unconscious in his New York apartment, his manager confirmed, with the cause of death yet to be determined. Police told New York Post That there is no suspicion of any kind of foul play.
Green won the Best Actor Award at the 1994 Taormina International Film Festival for his star-making role in Lodge Kerrigan. clean shavenIn which he played the role of a man suffering from schizophrenia. He later demonstrated his success by playing villain roles in many films. maskwhere he played mafia leader Dorian Tyrell, and suspicious as always And under siege 2,
but he was pulp Fiction Green played Jed, a security guard who holds captive Butch and Marsellus, the characters played by Bruce Willis and Ving Rhames, in the 1994 Quentin Tarantino classic, which was the biggest hit. In one of the most disturbing scenes of nineties cinema, Z orders his partner – a masked sex slave known only as The Gimp – to keep an eye on Butch while he rapes Marcellus.
After a violent confrontation, Butch steals Jed’s prized motorcycle and gives it to his girlfriend, telling her “Jed is dead, baby – Jed is dead.”
in a rare interview In 2011, Green admitted that he initially rejected the role due to its content. Green said, “When I got the script, I was completely disappointed.” “The way it was written wasn’t my cup of tea. If you’ve ever seen it.” FreedomYou never saw the guy who took Ned Beatty and forced him to ‘squeal like a pig’, so I didn’t think it was a great career move.
However, Tarantino continued to pursue him for the role and eventually allowed Green to change the scene to his liking. “We kept the same language that was there, but it was basically a much more graphic scene.”
“He was a wonderful person,” Green’s manager Greg Edwards said in a statement. “Truly one of the great actors of our generation. He had that big a heart. I will miss him terribly. He was a great friend.”
Green’s other credits include the action film night of judgmenthalle berry thriller rich man’s wife and jennifer aniston action comedy bounty hunter,