Published 15:07 IST, June 8th 2020

Leonardo DiCaprio and Pitt's 'OUATIH' characters were inspired by these real people

Throwback to when Quentin Tarantino revealed the inspiration behind Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt's characters in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

Reported by: Shreni Jogani
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Br Pitt's movie Once Upon A Time In Hollywood created a lot of buzz around its release and fans were early waiting for Quentin Taranti film to hit screen. However, many may t kw that real inspiration for film were Hollywood stuntmen seen by Taranti daily on sets. Looking at strange yet connecting pair of actor-stuntman duo, Taranti got inspiration for his film, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Listed below is throwback moment to when Taranti revealed  inspiration behind Leonardo DiCaprio and Br Pitt's characters in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.

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inspiration behind Leonardo DiCaprio and Br Pitt's characters

Taranti opened up about film to a media portal before its release and spoke about his two protagonists, Rick and Cliff. Talking about Rick Dalton's character, Quentin Taranti explained how Rick appears as character Jake on a show titled, Bounty Law. It was a popular show that released same time as Steve McQueen's show, Wanted De or Alive.

director-writer went on to describe appearance of his characters and also spoke of how Jake and McQueen were up against each or on television. Taranti explained how Leonardo playing Jake faced neck-to-neck popularity with McQueen as y both tried to transition from television to films. Things went south when McQueen started to gain popularity in cinema while Jake remained aver. Later, things went ugly when McQueen went back to finish his last season and was a mega movie star by n whereas Rick who was playing Jake was unable to achieve much. 

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For Br Pitt's character, Taranti revealed how both he and Pitt thought of Tom Laughlin as an inspiration. Tom Laughlin was  star of all four Billy Jack films. Quentin also explained how Br Pitt came over to his place and two watched  Billy Jack DVD and instantly y thought of Tom to be inspiration for Br's character, Cliff Booth. 

film Once Upon A Time In Hollywood has won several awards and accoles. actors too received much praise and appreciation for ir performances. film is rated at a decent 7.7 on IMDb and tells story of Rick Dalton, an aver Hollywood actor, and Cliff Booth, his stunt double. two battle to find fame and success in 1960's Los Angeles. film also takes interesting turns when Rick's neighbor happens to be Sharon Tate along with her husband Roman Polanski.

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15:07 IST, June 8th 2020