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In an interview with Blackfilm.com, Grindhouse actress Sydney Tamiia Poitier reveals how she was cleverly able to exploit Quentin Tarantino's well-documented foot fetish during her audition for the extremity-worshipping, motormouthed auteur:

Did you know that Tarantino has somewhat of a feet fetish when it comes to his films, because yours is on prominent display?

Sydney Tamiia Poitier: Yeah. I did actually. The minute I opened the script, one of the first things it says is, "Arlene's feet tapping on the dashboard, and then cut to Jungle Julia's feet walking down the hallway".

I saw that there was already a love of feet when I opened the script and I had actually heard that he has a thing for feet; so when I went in for the audition, one of the first things I did when I started playing the part was that I walked in the audition, sat down on the chair, we got ready to go and I kicked off my shoes and I put my feet up on the table, and I think that helped me get the part because I had her body language and I put the feet on display.

While the actress's bold ploy paid obvious dividends in this instance, we stress that this strategy not be used to completely replace accepted casting couch practices; those serious about earning a high-profile role in a feature film should appeal to a director, producer, or casting executive's fetishes only in conjunction with—at the very least—a competently performed blow-job. There's no point in squandering a valuable opportunity to secure a part on such a risky play.