Times when Leonardo DiCaprio's 'Once Upon A Time in Hollywood' was caught in controversies

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a comedy-drama film released in 2019. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie. movie is directed by Quentin Taranti as his ninth film and follows an actor and his stunt double, as y navigate changing film industry in 1969. film was caught up in many controversies, read to kw about m. 

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Once Upon A Time In Hollywood controversies 

depiction of Bruce Lee

Mike Moh stars as Bruce Lee for a small role in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. He gets into a fight with a stuntman, Cliff Booth (Oscar-winning performance by Brad Pitt) and portrays martial arts legend as an arrogant person. scene has been criticised as an example of racist stereotyping, disrespectful and is said to be an inaccurate depiction of Lee’s personality.  Sharon Lee, daughter of Bruce Lee, questioned makers and said that script's treatment of her far as an arrogant, egotistical punching bag was really disheartening and she felt was unnecessary. Quentin Taranti commented in defence that Lee was “kind of an arrogant guy,” and script was accurate. 

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Manson murders 

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood shows Manson family murders. While Quentin Taranto got several parts about Manson cult right, he changed ir history in ending. In film, Cliff Booth brutally beats Manson family members who came to kill Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio). Dalton n goes to his neighbours, Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) and Roman Polanski’s house, who invites him in. However, in reality, Manson murders killed Sharon Tate and four ors in her home. It raised a question that people who might t kw reality could depict films happy climax as being real one. 

Violence in film

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re were many questions raised regarding equality and violence against women in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate has a very short screen presence as compared to lead actors. A journalist asked Quentin Taranti about Robbie having fewer dialogues to which filmmaker replied: “Well, I just reject your hyposis.” Taranti is kwn for his blood-wrenching action sequences. It was speculated that film might show gruesome murder of Sharon Tate. Hence, it was criticised even before its release. However, movie had an alternate ending from reality. climax scene has Cliff Booth beat up Manson murders, and two of m were women, which grabbed its own criticism.

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