Quentin Tarantino: Director spotted in Cardiff hotel

Film director Quentin Tarantino has been spotted by surprised locals in a hotel in Cardiff. The 64-year-old American was seen enjoying a drink with a film crew in the Parkgate Hotel as the venue hosted several parties and events on Friday night. Tarantino has recently relocated to the UK as he prepares to bring a "swashbuckling comedy" play set in 1830s Europe. The Popinjay Cavalier will be Tarantino's debut as a theatre writer and director, and he has often spoken about his desire to retire from movies after making 10 films. Helen Harvey, from Swindon, was staying with her friends at the hotel and came across the director reading at a table with a "stack of books". "I went back to my group and said 'there's a bloke in there who looks like Quentin Tarantino'," she said. "My friend said they'd heard he was staying at the hotel so I went back just to say I love your films, I'm a big fan." She described Tarantino as "gracious and charming" adding that he thanked her for the kind words. Harvey told him that she had introduced her daughter to Tarantino's films and that her favourites were the Kill Bill movies. "It was a lovely interaction and I was really pleased that he was so kind whe

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