Quentin Tarantino has revealed that Jennifer Lawrence was nearly cast as Charles Manson cult member Squeaky Fromme in his 2019 movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was his ninth, and his other iconic films include Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs.
During an interview on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, Tarantino said: “Early on, in the pre-production of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, I flirted around with the idea of – and [by the way], I couldn’t be happier with what Dakota Fanning did, it’s one of the best performances in the movie.
But early on, I investigated the idea of Jennifer Lawrence playing Squeaky.”