With production now underway, Quentin Tarantino has once again bulked up the cast of his latest, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. And it's quite a batch of people, as Damian Lewis, Luke Perry, Emile Hirsch, Dakota Fanning, Clifton Collins Jr, Keith Jefferson and Nicholas Hammond have all scored supporting roles.
Described as a Pulp Fiction-style blend of stories from Los Angeles in the late 1960s, the film follows various characters, but focuses on former Western TV series star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), men trying to find their way in a Hollywood neither man recognises as the Manson cult stalks and strikes fear into people. Dalton's connection with the Manson murders is his neighbour, Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie).
These new arrivals are playing a mix of real and apparently fictional folk, with Lewis as iconic actor Steve McQueen, Fanning as Squeaky Fromme, the Manson disciple who later tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford; Hammond is director Sam Wanamaker, Perry is set to play Scotty Lancer, Collins is Ernesto The Mexican Vaquero, Keith Jefferson is Land Pirate Keith, and Hirsch is Jay Sebring, the Hollywood hairstylist who was one of four victims in the Tate murders on Cielo Drive.
They join a cast that also includes Burt Reynolds, Timothy Olyphant and Tarantino veterans Kurt Russell, Michael Madsen and Tim Roth. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood will be out on 9 August next year.
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