Bruce Dern (The Hateful Eight) will be playing George Spahn in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Deadline has confirmed.
Production for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is currently underway in Los Angeles for Sony Pictures and the film is slated for release on August 9, 2019.
Dern is taking over the role for his longtime friend Burt Reynolds, who passed away on September 6 before he could film the part for the feature.
Spahn was an 80-year-old near-blind who rented his L.A. ranch out to be used as the location for Westerns.