Burt Reynoldscontributed a memorable line toQuentin Tarantino‘sOnce Upon a Time… in Hollywoodbefore his death.
Reynolds, who died on September 2018 at the age of 82, was set to play George Spahn, the aging owner of the Spahn Ranch. Spahn allowed Charles Manson and his followers to live at his ranch in the time leading up to the murder of Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Voytek Frykowski and Steve Parent.
“I did not come up with that,” Tarantino said. “Burt Reynolds read the script and he knows a lot of stunt guys. And Burt said, ‘SoBrad Pittis playing the stunt guy?’ And I said, ‘Yeah.’ And Burt says, ‘You gotta have somebody say, ‘You’re kinda pretty for a stunt guy.'”
Pitt, 55, wasn’t a huge fan of the line, however.
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“And the thing is, Brad doesn’t like making his looks a thing in a movie, but he couldn’t say no to that, because it was Burt Reynolds’ line!” Tarantino continued. “And watching Brad grin and bear it is really great. Because he doesn’t really dig it. But the fact that Burt Reynolds came up with it — he can’t say s—!”
In May, Pitt and Tarantino discussed working with Reynolds during rehearsals in an interview withEsquire.
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“I’ll tell you one of the greatest moments I’ve had in these however many years we’ve been at it in this town: getting to spend two days with Burt Reynolds on this film,” Pitt said.
The iconic actor was “theguy” Pitt looked up to when he was growing up in the Ozarks and watchingSmokey and the Bandit.
“Virile. Always had something sharp to say — funny as s—,” Pitt said. “A great dresser. Oh, man. And I had never met him, so being there with him reminded me of how much I enjoyed him as a kid.”
Tarantino said, “The last performance Burt Reynolds gave was when he came down and did a rehearsal for that sequence, and then the script reading. And that was really amazing.”
“It was a f—ing pleasure,” Pitt added.
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywoodis now in theaters.
source: people.com
