'Inglourious Basterds' Star Diane Kruger Talks About the WWII Flick

Actress Diane Kruger stopped by to talk about her role in the new film Inglourious Basterds.

Set in France during World War II, Inglourious Basterds is the story of group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" who are chosen to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and killing Nazis. The Basterds soon find a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. In Inglourious Basterds Kruger stars as Bridget von Hammersmark, a popular film star in Nazi Germany who also happens to be a spy for the Allies.

Kruger was born in Algermissen, Germany and studied ballet with the Royal Ballet in London before suffering a career ending injury at 18. She then returned to Germany and went on to become a successful model.

She decided to pursue acting and made small appearances in a handful of French films. She made her first US film appearance in the 2002 made for TV- movie The Piano Player which she starred alongside Dennis Hopper and Christopher Lambert. In 2004, Kruger starred with Nicolas Cage in the hit film National Treasure and also starred in the 2007 sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets.

Inglourious Basterds opens in theaters this Friday.

Written by Pierre Bonny