Leonardo DiCaprio and Quentin Tarantino break down how they wrote and developed Rick Dalton and the relationship between actor and director. Developing a character that actors want to play is a real challenge. You have to draw them to the part but also work with them to build backstory and the way they'll arc. So how do the masters do it? Lucky for us, Vanity Fair sat with Quentin Tarantino and Leo DiCaprio to talk about the way they developed his character in Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood and how directors and actors need to work together to create memorable characters on screen. Check out the video and let's break it down after the jump! How Quentin Tarantino develops characters When Tarantino sat down to write Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, he quickly realized that to understand parts of the movie, you had to be extremely fluent in the 1950s and 60s television scene. So, he spent a lot of time immersing himself in the shows of the day and was able to start to build out this person. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 2 August, 2019