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 Thurman, who appeared in three Tarantino movies, told the New
York Times in a Saturday article that she felt Tarantino had
tried to kill her in the 2003 crash, which crushed her knees and
left her with a concussion.
Thurman also released video of the crash from the set of the
martial arts movie, leading to harsh criticism of Tarantino on
social and mainstream media.
Tarantino, responding in an interview with Hollywood website
Deadline.com on Monday, said Thurman's car crashed because there
was an unseen curve in the road.
“Watching her fight for the wheel. ... remembering me hammering
about how it was safe and she could do it. Emphasizing that it
was a straight road, a straight road. ... the fact that she
believed me, and I literally watched this little S curve pop up.
And it spins her like a top,” Tarantino said.
"It was heartbreaking. Beyond one of the biggest regrets of my
career, it is one of the biggest regrets of my life," he added.
Tarantino denied ignoring Thurman's anxiety about driving but
acknowledged he had been mistaken about the safety of the road.
"I didn't force her into the car. She got into it because she
trusted me," he said.
Tarantino said he and Thurman reconciled years ago and had
talked since the New York Times story was published.
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"Uma was in turmoil about the uprising against me this weekend. ...
She never meant this to roll over onto me," he told Deadline.
The Oscar-winning director also said that incidents when he spat on
Thurman and choked her with a chain were part of the filming process
for "Kill Bill" and were carried out with her consent to make the
scenes realistic.
Thurman said on her Instagram account on Monday that she was proud
of Tarantino for making the crash video available to her after 15
years, saying he did so "with full knowledge it could cause him
personal harm."
Thurman's account of the car crash overshadowed her accusations of
sexual misconduct by Harvey Weinstein, who produced "Kill Bill" and
"Pulp Fiction."
Weinstein's lawyer on Saturday acknowledged the producer "making an
awkward pass" in 1994 but said Thurman's accusations of an attempted
physical assault were false.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
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