Why does Brad Pitt in Inglorious Basterds have scars on his neck? [duplicate]

Watching it again today, I noticed the scars on his neck. What's the backstory on those?

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"It is never explained in the movie, as it was Tarantino's intention to leave it unknown. Several theories have come up about it, one such being that it resulted from his punishment for being a bootlegger in the Southern United States. There is a rumor that Tarantino said in an interview that Raine was lynched by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) for defending African Americans in the South. It is also been suggested that someone slit or tried to slit his throat but didn't go as deeply as intended or that Aldo fought them off quickly enough, although the scar does not look like that caused by a knife, and the screenplay refers to it as a 'rope burn.'"

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Aldo does say in the movie that he came from a "family of bootleggers."

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What is he sniffing in Inglourious Basterds?

Lt. Aldo Raine is seen snuffing grounded tobacco from a a German box throughout the film, which he most likely looted from the Nazi soldiers the Basterds killed in France. He's the only character that does that in the film.

Is Aldo Raine a real person?

Aldo Raine's (Brad Pitt) name is a composite of real-life WWII veteran Aldo Ray and \u201cRolling Thunder\u201d character Charles Rane, while the name he gives at the end of the movie, Enzo Gorlomi, is the birth name of original \u201cInglorious Bastards\u201d director Enzo G. Castellari.

Is there any truth to the movie Inglorious Bastards?

This is the incredible true story behind Quentin Tarantino's film Inglourious Basterds. As a teenager, Hans Wijnberg is sent to America from Holland to escape Nazi aggression; Fred Mayer and his family flee Germany. Both enlist in the U.S. army and are recruited for 'Operation Greenup.

Brad Pitt on how he got to star in Inglorious Basterds

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