Diane Kruger Basks in 'Glorious Basterds' Limelight

“I come from a lower middle-class village in Germany,” says 33-year-old Diane Kruger, who stars in Quentin Tarantino’s Brad Pitt movie “Inglorious Basterds”. “It is impossible to imagine that any of this was ever going to be in the cards for me.”

Diane Kruger, Brad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino make ‘Inglorious Basterds’“Basterds,” which debuts today in the United States, follows a group of Jewish American soldiers, led by Brad Pitt’s Lt. Aldo Raine, on a mission to take down the Third Reich.

Not only was Kruger casted alongside Pitt, she has a pivotal role in the film. Read Diane Kruger tailor-made for Tarantino film via Reuters

Diane Kruger and longtime boyfriend ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star Joshus Jackson keep the details of their life private.“This is the first time someone gave me a part where I’m strong, where I’m the engine, the motor of the scene,” Kruger told Reuters. “Many times actresses are an accessory to a story line. To be handed intelligent dialogue was nice. It was a very new experience for me.”