Vic Vega
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"Toothpick" Vic Vega, the brother of Pulp Fiction's Vincent Vega, is a character in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, portrayed by Michael Madsen. In the storyline of the film, he is referred to as Mr. Blonde.
Vega is a recently paroled career criminal hired by a gangster named Joe (Lawrence Tierney) to perform a jewelry heist with a team of professional thieves. During the robbery (which occurs offscreen), he makes good on a threat to massacre the entire store after the alarm had been tripped, forcing the team to flee to the designated safehouse. He takes police officer Marvin Nash (Kirk Baltz) hostage as he escapes. At the safehouse, he gets into a confrontation with fellow robbers Mr. White (Harvey Keitel) and Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) over whether or not to help their compatriot Mr. Orange (Tim Roth), who has been badly wounded.
While his teammates go to dispose of some stolen cars, he tortures Nash, cutting his ear off and threatening to set him on fire. As he is about to kill his victim, however, Mr. Orange shoots him to death.
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[edit] Personality
Vega is described throughout the film as a sociopath. He takes clear, sadistic pleasure in torturing Nash, which he does under the guise of trying to find out who the undercover cop or snitch in the group is. It is implied that he has killed several people throughout his career. He can be seen as one of the best examples of the "smooth psychopath" caricature. Ironically, the actor who played him, Michael Madsen, is averse to violence, and had a hard time shooting the torture film sequence. In a part of the scene where Officer Nash pleads for his life by saying he has a child at home, the line was ad-libbed; Madsen himself had just become a father at that time, and was so horrified that he had to stop the scene.
[edit] Trivia
- Vega is a playable character in the video game adaptation of Reservoir Dogs. He is voiced by Michael Madsen, and is the only character to feature the original actor's voice and likeness.
- He is the brother of Vincent Vega
[edit] Quotes
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?
"All you can do is pray for a quick death, which you ain't gonna get."
"If they hadn't done what I told'em not to do, they'd still be alive".
"Torture you, that's a good idea... I like that."
