Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Casts Damian Lewis, Dakota Fanning, & More

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Quentin Tarantino’sOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodhas once again squawk up its telling shape , adding Damian Lewis , Dakota Fanning , Emile Hirsch and a horde of actors . Tarantino ’s novel picture show has been key by the managing director himself as havinga vibe similar toPulp Fiction . Set in Los Angeles in 1969 , the moving picture incorporates the Charles Manson murders into a whole arras centered around a dyad of Hollywood washing - outsplayed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt .

With DiCaprio and Pitt on - board as his key characters , Tarantino has spent recent month flesh out his form , such asadding Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate- the actress and notable Manson Family murder victim . The film also recentlyadded Timothy Olyphantin an undisclosed use , andBurt Reynolds as George Spahn , the owner of the infamous Spahn ranch where Manson and his menage took up residence . Tarantino regulars Kurt Russell , Tim Roth , and Michael Madsen have also been confirmed for the film - but the cast list does n’t terminate there .

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Deadlinereports thatOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodhas cast a total of seven Modern actors : Damian Lewis , Dakota Fanning , Emile Hirsh , and Luke Perry point up the latest lean of addition , which also includes Clifton Collins Jr. , Keith Jefferson , and Nicholas Hammond .

Two of the freshly tot cast members will , like Burt Reynolds and Margot Robbie , be playing real - living figures involved in the Charles Manson tale . Dakota Fanning beget the heavy among the Modern parts , take on famed Manson Family member Lynette " Squeaky " Fromme , who would , years later , go on to attempt to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford . Emile Hirsch will wreak Jay Sebring , the renowned L.A. hair hairdresser who was among the other victims the Nox of the Sharon Tate murder . Sebring would later inspire Warren Beatty ’s character in the classical filmShampoo .

Damian Lewis will also play a real - life fictional character : renowned motion picture adept Steve McQueen . Nicholas Hammond , meanwhile , will bet film director Sam Wanamaker . Rounding out the cast of characters are Luke Perry as Scotty Lancer , Clifton Collins Jr. as Ernesto The Mexican Vaquero , and Keith Jefferson as Land Pirate Keith .

That listing of actors - and characters - only makes Tarantino ’s film seem like an even wilder mix . Notably , there are two potentially of import character reference that have yet to be couch : Charles Manson and Roman Polanski . It was previously reported that Polanski , the film manager husband of Sharon Tate and later on a extremely controversial figure in his own right , will figure into Tarantino ’s filmand that Tarantino is seeking a Polish worker to launch the part . It ’s not yet get it on how much Manson himself will come out in the movie , if at all . Once Upon a Time in Hollywoodis being produced by Sony Pictures , whichwon the film rightsafter a bid war following Tarantino ’s snag with The Weinstein Company .