Melanie Laurent’s role in the movie is very different from her Quentin Tarantino part, playing an anesthesiologist instead of a theater owner seeking vengeance, and apparently that isn’t a mistake.
Unlike Inglourious Basterds, Operation Finale is a film based on true events, centering on the attempt by Israeli Mossad agents to extract Adolf Eichmann, the architect of the Holocaust, from his home in Argentina after the war.
There was a strong awareness among Chris Weitz and Laurent that there would be comparisons drawn between the two features, and the director went as far as to actively try and not think about the 2009 hit when collaborating with her.