Quentin Tarantino’s new film just got even more star-studded. Al Pacino has joined the cast of his latest project, Once Upon a Time In Hollywood.
Pacino will play Marvin Schwarz, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character’s agent, in the Sony film. This will mark Pacino’s first collaboration with Tarantino.
The cast has also added Damian Lewis, who will play acting icon Steve McQueen, Luke Perry as Scotty Lancer, Emile Hirsch as hairstylist Jay Sebring, Dakota Fanning as Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme – a member of the Manson family – Clifton Collins as Ernesto the Mexican Vaquero, Keith Jefferson as Land Pirate Keith, and Nicholas Hammond as legendary director Sam Wanamaker.
The film probably has one of the best ensemble cast in recent memory so far. Leading the ensemble is DiCaprio, along with Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Burt Reynolds and Timothy Olyphant. The film takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood. The two leads are Rick Dalton (DiCaprio), the 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 no longer recognize. But Dalton has a very famous next-door neighbor…Sharon Tate.
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood hits screens on August 9, 2019. This date is significant as it’s the 50th anniversary of the day that the Manson family committed the LaBianca murders and the day after Tate was killed.
