 Due to his role as Hans Landa, Waltz has received many offers from directors to play roles in their films, enough for him to describe the situation as "wild".Landa's behavior over the course of the film invokes several of the banality of evil tropes described in Hannah Arendt's "Eichmann in Jerusalem", particularly with respect to his smooth, businesslike manner when interrogating Perrier LaPadite, and Landa's later statement to Raines and Utvich that he was only a detective doing his job.Film editor Hunter Stephenson commented that international viewers, Americans more so, would be surprised by Waltz's talent in this role, adding that he tipped Waltz to be nominated an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.