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Quentin Taran­ti­no and Mar­got Rob­bie on the real Sharon Tate

12 Aug 2019

Words by Adam Woodward

Two people, a man and a woman, smiling and laughing together. The man is wearing a colourful, patterned shirt, while the woman has long, blonde hair.
Two people, a man and a woman, smiling and laughing together. The man is wearing a colourful, patterned shirt, while the woman has long, blonde hair.
The direc­tor and star of Once Upon a Time in Hol­ly­wood tell the sto­ry of one of the film’s key scenes.

Last week I sat down for a chat with Quentin Taran­ti­no and Mar­got Rob­bie ahead of the UK release of Once Upon a Time in Hol­ly­wood on 14 August. We spoke about one of the film’s stand­out scenes, where Robbie’s Sharon Tate goes to the Bru­in The­atre in Los Ange­les to see her new movie, The Wreck­ing Crew. It’s a sweet moment beau­ti­ful­ly realised by Robbie.

Dur­ing our con­ver­sa­tion she and Taran­ti­no went into detail about how the scene came togeth­er, explain­ing why it was impor­tant to them to show the real Tate on screen. The pair described their deep affec­tion for Tate’s comedic per­for­mance in The Wreck­ing Crew, while Rob­bie also dis­cussed her prepa­ra­tion for the role.

Taran­ti­no then revealed some­thing I’d nev­er heard him men­tion before: how in 1992 he went to see Reser­voir Dogs every day dur­ing its ini­tial the­atri­cal run, fig­ur­ing he might not get the chance to make anoth­er movie.

Watch the full inter­view below and read the LWLies Rec­om­mends review of Once Upon a Time in Hol­ly­wood.

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