
And if he does have any direction for the actor, he’ll come up to them and whisper it to them. Published 12:30, 11 February 2020 GMT Last updated 12:43, 11 February 2020 GMT Handout A latex-clad stranger dubbed, apparently, ‘Gimp Man’ is still on the loose more than a year after he first jumped out on locals, despite a police helicopter search and two arrests. On the set, he doesn’t use a playback, so he’s behind the camera and looking at what the camera is seeing. “I’d look over at him and he’d shrug, he’d give me a thumbs up, and that was it. “ gave me very little, actually,” Hibbert said. Being cramped up in a small space for hours on end also factored into the movements Hibbert gave the Gimp. Kim Kardashian's bizarre Met Gala 2021 outfit was mocked on Twitter, with people comparing her to a 'gimp' and a Dementor from Harry Potter Kim Kardashian had one of the most surprising outfits at. The character emerges from a small room, a tidbit Hibbert held onto to theorize that the Gimp was probably not the first prisoner for Maynard and Zed. The actor spoke to Vulture in 2014 to mark the 20th anniversary of “Pulp Fiction” and revealed he was clueless as to the Gimp’s backstory. The Gimp is played by Steve Hibbert, who spent three days on the “Pulp Fiction” set in leather bondage gear filming the memorable sequence. In popular culture and BDSM in the 1990s and later, the phrase is directly associated with The Gimp, a character in Quentin Tarantinos Pulp Fiction. In terms of backstory, he was like a hitchhiker or somebody that they picked up seven years ago, and they trained him so he’s the perfect victim.”Ĭhris Hemsworth Thinks Tarantino and Scorsese Probably ‘Won’t Work with’ Him After Marvel Comments Butch knocked him out and then when he passed out he hung himself.

Tarantino’s script doesn’t provide any information about the Gimp, which is why diehard “Pulp Fiction” fans have long wondered who he is, where he came from, and what happened to him after Butch escaped and knocked him out with a punch.Īn interview with Tarantino published online by Empire magazine this month solves the mystery of the Gimp, as the director responds to a fan question about the character: “It doesn’t quite play this way in the movie, but in my mind when I wrote it, the Gimp’s dead.

The storeowner is accompanied by his security guard Zed (Peter Greene) and the Gimp, a mute character dressed head to toe in a leather bondage suit. One of the signature scenes in Quentin Tarantino’s Palme d’Or winner finds Butch (Bruce Willis) and Marsellus (Ving Rhames) being tied up and held prisoner in the basement of a pawnshop owner named Maynard (Duane Whitaker). Who is the Gimp? It’s a question that’s long been asked by “ Pulp Fiction” fans.
