Pasadena, CA — Californian poet and actor Luke Ray Madsen, 19, views his poetry not as a craft of formal storytelling, but as a vital and intensely personal act of "journaling"—a means of safeguarding fleeting memories against the inevitable erosion of time.

Michael Madsen's iconic performance as Budd will return to the big screen as part of the first-ever wide theatrical release of Quentin Tarantino's complete revenge saga, Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, on December 5, 2025.