It was recently announced that Quentin Tarantino himself would be writing the novelization of his most recent film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. This is exciting news for any fan of the film as Tarantino will no doubt be expanding on the story and bringing back many of its wonderful characters.
One of the most interesting aspects of the movie was how it incorporated movie stars and celebrities from this era in Hollywood, from Bruce Lee to Steve McQueen. If Tarantino will be expanding on the story, we might get to see some more famous figures of the time pop up.
10 Sergio Leone
Anyone who has followed Tarantino's career knows what a fan he is of the Spaghetti Western genre and especially the work of the genre's most famous filmmaker, Sergio Leone. Tarantino even counts as Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and his favorite film of all time.
If the new novel expands on Rick Dalton's time spent making Spaghetti Westerns, it would surely be tempting for Tarantino to include Leone and pay tribute to one of his most influential filmmaking icons.
9 Hugh Hefner
This is one brief but memorable sequence in the film when Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski attend a celebrity party at the Playboy Mansion. It is a great example of how this place was the go-to spot for parties in Hollywood at the time.
If the novel spends any more time with this sequence, it would make sense that the man behind Playboy, Hugh Hefner would make an appearance. It would be interesting to see how Tarantino would write such an over-the-top personality like his.
8 John Wayne
In the film, one of the big themes is that Rick Dalton sees Hollywood moving on from his time as a cowboy actor and leaving him behind in the dust. This was a fascinating transitional period in the business as younger filmmakers started making more challenging films that didn't mesh with "Old Hollywood".
John Wayne is perhaps the biggest star of the Western genre and it would be great to see him pop up to cement this era of change. While Wayne was still a star in 1969, he was entering the final decade of his career and had to adapt to the New Hollywood.
7 Paul Newman
Steve McQueen is featured in the movie as one of the stars of the new era and something of a rival for Rick Dalton. It would be fun to also see the man McQueen considered to be his own rival, Paul Newman.
Newman was the kind of effortlessly cool actor who helped usher in a new type of leading man. His laidback yet passionate persona would be interesting to see bump up against Rick's more insecure nature.
6 Muhammad Ali
The greatest boxer to ever live, Muhammad Ali, was mentioned in the movie as Cassius Clay, the name he was known by at the time. He is brought up in conversation when Bruce Lee suggests that he could easily beat the heavyweight champ in a fight.
Ali was such a huge figure at this time, representing a type of athlete and sports personality that is just not seen nowadays. Given that he was perhaps the most famous living person in the world at the time, it would be interesting to see how he fit into the Hollywood scene.
5 Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda is still a hardworking actor who delivers great performances to this day. She was also a very important Hollywood star at this time for her work on-screen and off-screen.
As political activism was becoming a big thing in Hollywood in the 1960s, Fonda was a very progressive voice to a lot of oppressed and underrepresented communities. While Rick doesn't speak much on his own political beliefs in the film, his contempt for the "hippie" culture suggests he might have a problem with a star like Fonda.
4 Jim Brown
Another genre Tarantino often cites as a huge influence on his work is the blaxploitation genre. Another star athlete at the time, NFL star Jim Brown, was a very significant figure in the genre.
Brown started out in big ensemble action movies like The Dirty Dozen before stepping into the leading man roles in the 1970s. Tarantino is a big fan of Brown's work in Hollywood and including him could allow him to hint at the blaxploitation movement that was coming.
3 Dennis Hopper
Many people consider that the most important film that signified the transition of Hollywood at this time was Easy Rider. The independently produced film was written and directed by Dennis Hopper who also starred in the movie.
Easy Rider was released in 1969, the same year this story is set in. Hopper's look in that film even inspires Rick Dalton's look in Lancer. Hopper's "hippie" persona stepping in and recreating Hollywood would annoy Rick to no end and it would be so fun to see him run into the new star around Hollywood.
2 Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds was another huge star at the time and he was originally a part of the cast of this film. Tarantino had cast Reynolds as George Spahn, but he unfortunately passed away before he could film his role.
Interestingly enough, Reynolds was almost involved in the movie in another was as James Marsden was reportedly hired to play the actor in a cameo which was cut from the final movie. It would be a thrill to see Tarantino restore that appearance for the novel as a final tribute to Reynolds.
1 Clint Eastwood
In some ways, Rick Dalton's career is very close to the career of Clint Eastwood at the time. Like Dalton, Eastwood starred in some Western television shows when starting out. While his career never slipped quite as drastically as Dalton's did, he did also make a name for himself in the Spaghetti Western genre.
Seeing the similarities of the two men and given how amazing of a career Eastwood would go on to have, it would be fun to see these two men cross paths at some point, one of them going up and the other going down.
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