Jennifer Lawrence read for Manson family part, Squeaky Fromme, in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, a job that ultimately went to Dakota Fanning. Lawrence had been talked about early on to star in the film alongside Brad Pitt, with many supposing she’d been gunning for the job of Sharon Tate, which went to Margot Robbie. Instead, Lawrence would star in X-Men: Dark Phoenix while Brad Pitt would win an Oscar for his chance as Cliff Booth in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – an accolade a few watchers disagreed with.
Jennifer Lawrence read for Squeaky Fromme, according to Quentin Tarantino during an appearance on the podcast WTF with Marc Maron. Tarantino was just allowing interested parties to see a physical duplicate of the content at his home in request to avoid any leaks about the story. After Lawrence read it at his home, it was concluded she wouldn’t have been an ideal choice for the job. Tarantino remarks the amount he regards Lawrence as an actress, yet at the same time believes Fanning’s performance to be “perhaps the best performance in the film.” Fromme’s appearance is short in the theatrical cut of the movie, however was probable longer in the alleged 20-hour chief’s cut.
Fanning communicated her happiness at the casting – all the more so at being able to act in a Tarantino film, however as well to have the chance to do as such while playing a particularly complicated character. In real life, Squeaky Fromme would proceed to be sentenced for an attempted assassination of President Ford. For Tarantino, while the actions of the Manson Family were in some capacity of par with Nazis and white plantation proprietors in the antebellum South, his clear interest in exploring these characters on a layered and contemplative level drove his casting decisions.
As being cast in a Tarantino film is currently seen as a legendary accomplishment for actors, Lawrence has just a single additional chance to do as such before Tarantino resigns. The chief has remained by an oath to just direct ten movies in his career, with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood being the ninth. Lawrence’s freshest undertaking, Don’t Look Up, has her to star alongside DiCaprio, the pair playing astronomers trying to warn the world about an incoming comet, a dark parody from The Big Short and Vice’s Adam McKay.