Diane Kruger put her life in the hands of director Quentin Tarantino on the set of war movie Inglourious Basterds – after agreeing to let the filmmaker choke her during a fight scene.

Kruger plays German spy Bridget von Hammersmark in the film about a group of Jewish-American Nazi killers.
In one brutal scene Kruger’s character is strangled – and Tarantino was convinced the only way to make the struggle realistic was to choke his leading lady himself.

He explains, “When you watch the film those are actually my hands that are on Diane Kruger’s throat strangling her. I made a deal with her early on. (I told her) ‘We’re gonna have to choke you if it’s gonna actually work and I don’t trust anybody but myself to do it.’ And she didn’t trust anybody but me to do it … so she was down (ok) with it but I remember talking to her about it (and saying) it’s going to be a little uncomfortable.”

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Diane Kruger has never been tempted to take drugs, because she’s not interested in doing anything “crazy”.

The German actress was studying to become a ballerina with the Royal Ballet in London, but she moved to Paris, France in her late teens to embark on a modeling career after a knee injury ended her dance dreams.

She then started acting, but she refused to participate in any wild antics because she wasn’t interested.

She says, “I lived a disciplined life and was never tempted by drugs. So my mother didn’t worry when I went to Paris. I’ve done some stupid things, but never been tempted by crazy things.”

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Inglorious Basterds, the new film from director Quentin Tarentino premiered in Berlin on July 28, 2009 with the all star line up in attendance.

Pictured: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger & Quentin Tarantino.

She’s so cute!

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