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Michael Fassbender may be best known to audiences for his role in 300 as Stelios, but this year things are changing for the German actor. Fassbender's role in Hunger made quite the impression at Cannes and his leading role in Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds is set to be his biggest role yet. IGN was lucky enough to sit down with this 31-year-old actor. Here's a quick excerpt:

IGN: How was it meeting Tarantino for the first time?
Fassbender: It was amazing, fantastic. He's a film enthusiast. I love that you can mention any film to him, and he doesn't only know the f**king film, he'll quote sections of the film to you. I love that. I'm a film geek, too.

IGN: Who do you play?
Fassbender: I play Hicox, Lt. Hicox, who is an English guy posing as a German soldier.

IGN: What happens to him?
Fassbender: I can't tell you that, Jesus Christ.

You can read the full interview at IGN.

Michael Fassbender - pictured below, best known for his role as Stelios in 300 - is in final negotiations to join the cast of Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards.

In other casting news, Simon Pegg had been close to signing on for the movie, but wrote on his website that "insurmountable scheduling difficulties" have gotten in the way.

Brad Pitt has agreed to play the lead in Inglorious Basterds. He'll portray a Tennessee hillbilly that assembles a team of eight Jewish-American soldiers to take on the Nazis. Mike Myers and Eli Roth are also on board.