Nobody Expected To See Quentin Tarantino And Leonardo DiCaprio At CinemaCon
Only a few weeks ago, it looked likely Quentin Tarantino’s Hollywood future could be in tatters. But at the CinemaCon industry event past Monday night, head of Sony Pictures, Tom Rothman lauded the director as Hollywood royalty, declaring the filmmaker’s new screenplay the greatest thing he’s read in 30 years, and proceeded to call Tarantino and Leonardo DiCaprio up on stage.
Now, DiCaprio is one of the biggest stars to turn up at the Sin City convention in recent years, but the movie he’s making with Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – hasn’t even begun shooting. How queer?
As mentioned, the director has recently courted a fair amount of controversy. In January, Rose McGowan alleged in her book that the he often told her he “used” her movie Jawbreaker as “self-pleasuring” material.
After that, Uma Thurman told the New York Times that he pressured her into filming her own car stunt in 2003’s Kill Bill and she damaged her body in the crash that would follow. Never mind spitting on her and choking her with a chain, you know, to get that prefect shot.
In February, a recording from a 2003 Howard Stern interview heard Tarantino defending Roman Polanski. He claimed the 13-year-old that Polanski raped was “down with it” and that there’s a clear distinction between statutory rape and rape of a minor.
Rothman was clearly supportive of Tarantino at the event.
There’s been little revealed about the plot of the movie, set in 1969 and supposedly revolves around the Charles Manson murders. The film will star DiCaprio and Brad Pitt – whom Tarantino called “the most exciting, dynamic star duo since Paul Newman and Robert Redford” – and be released in August 2019.
