Wales has a branding problem, apparently. The rolling green hills, the castles, the sheep—all of it screaming for a narrative intervention. Enter Quentin Tarantino, Kylie Minogue, and RZA, three people whose combined public personas have never met a subtle moment they didn’t immediately reject.
Tarantino’s filmography is a masterclass in excess: nine-minute conversations before someone gets shot, feet in frame for no artistic reason, and dialogue that exists solely to prove he can write it. Minogue spent the 1980s in sequins so reflective they violated light ordinances. RZA soundtracked the Wu-Tang Clan. These are not people who understand the concept of “understated.”
Yet here they are in Wales, a place where the most controversial thing that happens is usually a disagreement about rugby. The production is described as a “drama,” which is either the most confident use of that word since Transformers was called cinema, or the most optimistic hope that three people who have spent their entire careers being impossible might suddenly discover restraint.
The real question isn’t whether this film will be good. It’s whether the Welsh countryside has the structural integrity to withstand this much personality in one location. The sheep are reportedly concerned. RZA’s production company did not comment on whether the score will include at least one track that goes unnecessarily hard for no reason.
Filming is ongoing. The valleys have not filed a noise complaint yet, but it’s early.