Margot Robbie Reveals Tarantino Asked Her to Get Her Feet Dirty in Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood

In Once Upon a Time in… Hollywoodfilm directed by Quentin Tarantino released on August 15, 2019 in Brazilian theaters, the character of Margot Robbie, Sharon Tate, appeared several times barefoot, with dirty feet. Now, the actress has revealed how this was a specific request from the director.

During an interview with vogue, Robbie recalled some of the memorable costumes from her career, and talked about the scene in which Sharon Tate takes off your shoes in a movie theater, takes them off and starts watching Secret Weapon vs Matt Helm (1968). It is worth remembering how Tarantino suffered criticism for the various scenes with barefoot women.

As the actress recalled, the scene in which she took off her boots and put her legs over the front chair was always in the script, but the dirty look was a spontaneous choice. The director asked her not to wash her feet the day this moment was filmed.

“My character walks into a movie theater to see herself on the big screen, and she sort of takes off her go-go boots, puts her feet up and settles down to watch the movie. “But my feet were dirty because I was walking. on the set,” stated Margot Robbie.

They got dirty in the movie because Quentin said no. Don’t clean them.’ Someone ran to get it cleaned and he was like, ‘No, this is the real thing. Keep.’

Quentin Tarantino Slams Foot Fetish Accusations: ‘I Don’t Take It Seriously’

It’s nothing new like Quentin Tarantino often shows several feet, mostly female, in his films. However, the filmmaker denied that this attitude has to do with a fetish.

the fascination of Tarantino by feet started in pulp Fiction (1994), a production in which the filmmaker filmed the feet of Uma Thurman during dance. The body part was more prominent in Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood (2019), with the character of Margot Robbie.

In an interview with QA, the director explained how the feet shown in the productions have no connection with some fetish – but with a good direction. “I don’t take it seriously. There are a lot of feet in a lot of films by good directors,” he said.

Tarantino He added: “It’s just good driving. For example, before me, the person who defined foot fetishism was Luis Buñuelanother movie director… [Alfred] Hitchcock was accused of it, and Sofia Coppola it was too,” he concluded.