Quentin Tarantino Wrote the Script
The original script of Natural Born Killers wasn’t written by Oliver Stone but rather by Quentin Tarantino. However, Tarantino reportedly hated the film and was extremely disappointed by how much Stone and writer David Veloz revised the script. Tarantino was given credit for the story in the film’s credits, but he disowned the movie, wanting no part in Stone’s adaptation.
Stone said in a 2019 interview: “[Tarantino] wrote the original script, and we bought it. It was all done legally… he didn’t care for it, but I don’t know if he ever saw it. He went around and said that, and I don’t think it was the right thing to do… We did well in spite of it all.”