Quentin Tarantino Casts Luke Perry, Damian Lewis, Emile Hirsch, and Dakota Fanning in ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
Director Quentin Tarantino has added a bunch of great new cast members to his upcoming film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. He has brought on Luke Perry,Damian Lewis, Emile Hirsch, Dakota Fanning, Clifton Collins Jr., Keith Jefferson and Nicholas Hammond in supporting roles. They will join Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Burt Reynolds, Timothy Olyphant, Michael Madsen and Tim Roth.
That's quite an impressive cast! Tarantino's new film has been described as a Pulp Fiction-like film 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."
According to Deadline, Lewis will play the iconic actor Steve McQueen; Fanning is set as Squeaky Fromme, the Manson follower who later tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford; 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. As for Perry, he will play Scotty Lancer, Collins will play Ernesto The Mexican Vaquero, and Keith Jefferson is Land Pirate Keith.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood will be released on August 9th, 2019.