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‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’: Tarantino reveals the scene DiCaprio improvised

Director Quentin Tarantino, who recently said he considers “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” his best work, spoke about a scene improvised by Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2019 film.

In the film, Leonardo DiCaprio lives TV actor Rick Dalton, who is struggling to find himself in Hollywood in the late 60s, with his career in decline. After being cast as a villain in a western pilot, Rick forgets his lines on set and has a meltdown in his trailer.

In an interview with the podcast 2 bears 1 caveTarantino said this particular scene was meant to be an improvisation. “What happened was I knew I wanted to have that scene, but I didn’t want to write it. I didn’t want it to be the dialogue that he remembered, ”said the director.

“So I called Leo up and said, ‘So here’s what I want to do: I want you to come in after you screw up on set not knowing your lines and I want you to come to the trailer and be so crazy, total rage at myself, a hate party, a complete tantrum against self. Just a giant pity party where you totally lose yourself, but against yourself, no one else. And I want it to have the randomness of an improvisation, to come out of tea,” explained the director.

Tarantino continued, “Now, what I did was give him several things he could complain about. “Here’s an argument, here’s an argument, here’s something you could say.” And he said, “Great.” He was a little nervous. It was actually really sweet that he was nervous that day because it’s up to him and he knows it. So we’re shooting this scene and I’m right next to the camera and we just do a few different takes and it was amazing. And then, every now and then, if I thought he was going to run out of something, I might throw something at him.”

The film proved to be a huge success and performed well in award season, with a total of 10 Academy Award nominations and a win for Best Picture – Comedy or Musical at the Golden Globe. Later, Quentin Tarantino released a book of the same name as the film, which follows Rick and Cliff (Brad Pitt’s character).

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” is available on Netflix.

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” Post: Tarantino Reveals DiCaprio’s Improvised Scene First Appeared on Olhar Digital.

Source: Olhar Digital

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