A day in the life, driving around, running errands, doing this, doing that, and just being with her. It's a day in the life of all three of them, that Saturday in February. I didn't come up with a big story and have her work into the story so now she has to talk to other characters and move a story along. “I thought it would both be touching and pleasurable and also sad and melancholy to just spend a little time with her, just existing. Tarantino wanted to focus on the basics about Tate's life as an actress, rather than the tragic event that she’s remembered for by so many (via Deadline): But according to the director himself, there’s a good reason for Robbie’s reduced role. Tarantino ultimately increased Robbie's screen time by two minutes for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s theatrical cut.
Given Tarantino’s history of provoking audiences with stylized violence and racial slurs, he appeared to be up to his old tricks by prioritizing male perspectives in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Specifically, he told a reporter that he rejected the hypothesis regarding Robbie's limited speaking lines (via The Guardian). During a Cannes press conference, Tarantino made matters worse by rejecting critical feedback. But many people also pointed out Robbie’s noticeable lack of screen time, which is the source of the film's Sharon Tate controversy. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood's Sharon Tate ControversyĬritics mostly applauded Once Upon a Time in Hollywood when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2019. So once again, Tarantino polarized moviegoers with his latest film, and here’s why there’s a controversy surrounding Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s depiction of Tate. Related: The True Story Behind Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywoodīut because Once Upon a Time in Hollywood turns the camera away from Margot Robbie's Sharon Tate and towards Leonardo DiCaprio's Rick Dalton and Brad Pitt's Cliff Booth instead, viewers weren't exactly content with the choice. And that's exactly what ended up happening. In his eyes, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was never going to be about Tate and Manson but rather an original story set around that time. Tate and four others were killed on Cielo Drive in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Hills that August.Īlthough Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was originally described as being a Sharon Tate movie, which then morphed into a movie on the Manson Murders (exacerbated by the fact that the film was initially scheduled to release on the 50th anniversary of the Tate murders, before being moved up a few weeks), Tarantino always affirmed that his ninth film was actually about something else. What's the reason for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s Sharon Tate controversy? Directed by Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood's main storyline parallels the real-life 1969 Manson Family murders. WARNING: Spoilers for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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