Tarantino regrets Thurman movie car crash

Director Quentin Tarantino says a car crash that seriously injured Uma Thurman on the set of Kill Bill is one of "the biggest regrets of his life," but he denies forcing the actress to carry it out.

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. Emphasising 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.

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'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.

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