Tarantino Fired Melanie Laurent, Isabelle Huppert From 'Basterds' Quentin Tarantino fired Melanie Laurent and Isabelle Huppert from "Inglourious Basterds" because of horrible table reads, but only Laurent came back. Quentin Tarantino fired Melanie Laurent and Isabelle Huppert from "Inglourious Basterds" because of horrible table reads, but only Laurent came back.