Bruce Dern Will Replace Burt Reynolds in ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
It was a shock to learn that Burt Reynolds had passed away. I hoped that he already had already shot his scenes for Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but that wasn’t the case.
According to Deadline, Tarantino has cast Bruce Dern in the role that Reynolds was supposed to play. The two actor previously worked together on The Hateful Eight. I’ve been a fan of Dern for years, so it’s awesome to see that he’s joined the film.
Dern will play George Spahn in the film and he joins one hell of a great ensemble cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Al Pacino, Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, James Mardsen, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Timothy Olyphant, Damian Lewis, Lena Dunham, Emile Hirsch, Luke Perry, Scoot McNairy and James Remar.
The film is said to be a Pulp Fiction-like story that centers on characters around Los Angeles in the summer of 1969. The Manson Family murders serve as a backdrop to the story, which follows the two lead characters Rick Dalton (DiCaprio), a former star of a western TV series, and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Pitt). Both are struggling to make it in a Hollywood they don’t recognize anymore. But Rick has a very famous next-door neighbor…Sharon Tate (Robbie), who will be played by Robbie.
Lewis will play Steve McQueen; Fanning is set as Squeaky Fromme, the Manson follower who later tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford; Nicholas Hammond will play director Sam Wanamaker; and Hirsch is playing Jay Sebring, the Hollywood hairstylist who was one of four victims in the Tate murders. Perry will play Scotty Lancer, Clifton Collins Jr. will play Ernesto The Mexican Vaquero, Keith Jefferson is Land Pirate Keith, and Pacino is playing Marvin Schwarz, who will be DiCaprio’s character’s agent in the story. Mike Moh will play Bruce Lee and Damon Herriman will play Charles Manson.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood will be released on July 26th, 2019. What do you think about Bruce Dern replacing Reynolds in the film?