Multiple outlets report a behind-the-scenes dispute on the 2019 film “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” involving director Quentin Tarantino and actor Brad Pitt. The account comes from co-star Bruce Dern, who describes an exchange during a scene in which Dern’s character, blind ranch owner George Spahn, is awakened by Pitt’s Cliff Booth. Dern says Pitt cut the camera and told the crew to stop recording, before he looked to understand what was happening. According to Dern, Tarantino then appeared “insanely grave” and asked Pitt, “What did you just do?” Dern says Tarantino warned Pitt that Pitt would be “dead in this business” if he cut the camera again, describing it as Tarantino’s domain. Dern adds that Pitt later told Tarantino that the exchange was not in the script. The reports also note that Dern improvised a new line after the crew resumed filming. Representatives for Pitt and Tarantino did not immediately respond to requests for comment in at least one report.
Quentin Tarantino allegedly warns Brad Pitt on set of Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Multiple outlets report a behind-the-scenes dispute on the 2019 film “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” involving director Quentin Tarantino and actor Brad Pitt. The account comes from co-star Bruce De...
- Bruce Dern, a co-star, recounts an on-set argument between Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt during “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” filming.
- Dern says Pitt cut the camera and instructed the crew to stop recording during a scene.
- Dern says Tarantino scolds Pitt and warns that Pitt would be “dead in this business” if he cut the camera again.
- After filming resumed, Dern says he improvised a line as the scene continued.
- The incident is described as occurring while Dern played George Spahn and Pitt played Cliff Booth.
Tarantino took issue with Pitt making a director’s call, according to Bruce Dern
3 months agoBrad Pitt in June 2025Brad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino clashed on the set of their film Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, according to Bruce Dern, who also starred in the movie.In an interview with People magazine published on Thursday, the longtime actor – who shared the screen with Pitt in Tarantino’s 2019 film – detailed a heated exchange the pair had while filming.During the scene where Dern, who plays blind ranch owner George Spahn, is awoken by Pitt’s Cliff Booth, Dern said that Pitt made a move that sparked the spat between him and Tarantino. “When Brad Pitt wakes me up in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’, I’m in the bed and I get up and I’m a little groggy and stuff and I just say, ‘I’m not really sure what’s going on’,” Dern recalled. “I’m looking at him. [Pitt] cut the camera, [and told the crew to stop recording].”Dern said Tarantino looked “insanely grave” before asking Pitt, “what did you just do?”. He continyed: “[Pitt] said, ‘Well, I cut the camera.’ [Tarantino] said, ‘Never again in your life will you ever cut a camera or you’ll be dead in this business. That’s my domain. Don’t stop behaviour’.“So then, we went on and did the scene, and all Brad did was say to him, ‘Well, that wasn’t in the script what he said’.”Quentin TarantinoAfter the crew continued filming, Dern improvised a new line: “I don’t know who you are, but you touched me today. You came to visit me, now I gotta go back to sleep.”Both Pitt and Dern have both worked with Tarantino before.Pitt won an Oscar for his performance in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, having also starred in Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds in 2009 and appeared briefly in Tony Scott’s 1993 True Romance, which Tarantino wrote. Dern previously appeared in Tarantino’s Django Unchained in 2012, as well as The Hateful Eight in 2015. Reps for Pitt and Tarantino didn’t immediately respond to HuffPost’s requests for comment. Coming up, Pitt is set to reprise his Cliff Booth character in a Netflix spin-off to Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, written by Tarantino and directed by David Fincher. The Adventures Of Cliff Booth will premiere on Netflix on 23 December. Watch a trailer for the movie below:MORE FILM NEWS:Lupita Nyong'o Addresses Racist Backlash Over Her Casting In The OdysseyFormer James Bond Star Rosamund Pike Reacts To Co-Star Jacob Elordi 007 RumoursLook Away, Grogu! New Mandalorian Movie Branded 'Dull' And 'Generic' By Critics
3 months agoAlthough Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt are close collaborators, they allegedly had one moment where they disagreed while filming 2019’s “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.” The anecdote comes via co-star Bruce Dern, who spoke with People while celebrating a new documentary about him debuting at Cannes Film Festival named “Dernsie.” A “Dernsie” is the […]
3 months agoBrad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino's clash of egos on the set of Once Upon A Time in Hollywood has been revealed by gossiping co-star Bruce Dern.
3 months ago"Brad, what did you just do?" Pitt was allegedly scolded on the set of 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,' co-star Bruce Dern says.
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