Added Kruger, “I had to pay for my own flight from New York to go to Germany because he wouldn’t, even though, obviously, he’s American, but he wouldn’t see me in the U.S. So I had to jump through all these hoops that definitely put my nose out of joint, but I was like, ‘You know what? Fuck him! I’m just gonna do that and prove to him that I can do it.’ And thankfully it all worked out but sometimes it just seems so unfair and you’ve gotta change the narrative.”
Kruger was cast in the film opposite Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Daniel Brühl and Mélanie Laurent. The movie world-premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and went on to earn $321 million at the worldwide box office. For Kruger, the movie became one of her signature Hollywood roles.