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Quentin Tarantino finds his Charles Manson and Roman Polanski for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

August 29, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Quentin Tarantino has filled two key roles in the currently-in-production Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, with Rafal Zawierucha (The Pact) set to portray Roman Polanski, the husband of Margot Robbie’s Sharon Tate, and Damon Herriman (Justified) cast as Charles Manson, the notorious leader of the Manson Family.

In addition to those two castings, it has also been revealed that Rumer Willis (Empire), Dreama Walker (Gossip Girl), Margaret Qualley (The Leftovers), Costa Ronin (The Americans), Victoria Pedretti (The Haunting of Hill House), Madisen Beaty (The Master), Danny Strong (Billions) and Sydney Sweeney (The Handmaid’s Tale) have all joined the film.

SEE ALSO: Mike Moh will play Bruce Lee in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood. The two lead characters are Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), former star of a western TV series, and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt). Both are struggling to make it in a Hollywood they don’t recognize anymore. But Rick has a very famous next-door neighbour… Sharon Tate.

Also featuring in the enormous cast of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood are Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained), Brad Pitt (Inglourious Basterds), Margot Robbie (I, Tonya), Burt Reynolds (Boogie Nights), Timothy Olyphant (Santa Clarita Diet), Al Pacino (The Godfather), Damien Lewis (Billions), Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs), Dakota Fanning (Ocean’s 8), Luke Perry (Riverdale), Emile Hirsch (The Autopsy of Jane Doe), James Marsden (Westworld), Clifton Collins Jr. (Westworld), Julia Butters (American Housewife), Keith Jefferson (The Hateful Eight), Nicholas Hammond (The Sound of Music), Scoot McNairy (Halt and Catch Fire), Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs), Spencer Garrett (The Magicians), Martin Kove (Cobra Kai), James Remar (Django Unchained), Brenda Vaccaro (Once Is Not Enough), Nichole Galicia (Django Unchained), Mike Moh (Inhumans), Craig Stark (The Hateful Eight), Marco Rodriguez (Inhumans), Ramon Franco (Tour of Duty), Raul Cardona (Where the Sky Is Born), Lena Dunham (Girls), Maya Hawke (Stranger Things), Austin Butler (The Shannara Chronicles) and Lorenza Izzo (Knock, Knock).

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Damon Herriman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino, Rafal Zawierucha

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket, suspense thriller Death Among the Pines, and horror franchise reboot Robert Returns. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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