Kerry Washington and Sterling K. Brown to lead Shadow Force

OHMYGOSSIP — Kerry Washington and Sterling K. Brown will lead the cast of ‘Shadow Force’.
The 42-year-old actress is set to star in the upcoming Leon Chills-scripted action drama alongside the 43-year-old actor and both are on board to produce the action project.
According to Deadline, the film is a fresh take on the idea of ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ and although no specific plot details have been released, the pair will presumably play assassins.
Movie studios and streaming services are bidding on the project which Simpson Street’s Pilar Savone and Washington will be producing with Indian Meadows Productions’ Danielle Reardon and Brown, and Stephen ‘Dr’ Love for his Made with Love Media company.
Kerry is best known for playing crisis management expert Olivia Pope in the ABC drama series ‘Scandal’ and has most recently adapted her Broadway play ‘American Son’ for Netflix.
The streaming television service is planning on adapting Christopher Demos-Brown’s critically acclaimed stage production with the original director and cast with a few changes to fit the platform.
Cindy Holland, Netflix’s Vice President of Original Content, said in a statement: “American Son’ powerfully explores themes of family, love and identity; we are honoured to work with Kerry Washington, Kenny Leon [director and producer], Christopher Demos-Brown and the entire cast to bring this story from the Broadway stage to our members around the world.”
The moving story follows interracial parents Kerry and Steven Pasquale, 42, who reunite in a Florida police station to search for answers about their missing teenage son and the ‘Scandal’ star is “so happy” she can bring the story to a wider audience.
Sterling made his breakthrough in 2016 after playing Christopher Darden in the first season of the FX anthology series’ American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson’ and has also won critical acclaim for his portrayal of Randall Pearson in the NBC drama series ‘This Is Us’.

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Danny McBride finds horror writing easier

OHMYGOSSIP — Danny McBride found ‘Halloween’ easier to write than comedy material.
The 42-year-old actor-and-comedian – who co-wrote the 2018 version of the cult horror classic along with director David Gordon Green and Jeff Fradley – thinks there are a lot of similarities between the genres because they involve trying to “generate a reaction” from audiences but writing something scary came more natural than trying to be funny.
He told Collider: “That was way easier to write than comedy. They’re more similar than you would think they would be. With both of them, you’re writing something that’s specifically trying to generate a reaction from the audience.
“In comedy, you’ll pace things so that you can get bigger laughs. With horror, it’s the same way. You’re pacing things to get a reaction from the audience.
“I felt like writing ‘Halloween’ was definitely easier than writing [new TV show] ‘[The Righteous] Gemstones’. ”
However, Danny didn’t find the editing aspect so easy because he started questioning himself after the first viewing of a scene.
He explained: “Editing comedy is easier than editing horror. These guys can do something funny, and I’ll laugh at it every single time, in the edit room. But in a horror movie, after you’ve seen it once, you’re just like, ‘Is this scary? I have no f**king clue. I know when he’s coming.’ ”
There are another two ‘Halloween’ movies in the works and the ‘Alien: Covenant’ star admitted that was always the plan.
He said: “That was our plan. We didn’t want to relaunch it for just one. We wanted to have a bigger story.
“We were originally gonna even shoot them back to back, but as soon as we started getting it up and running, we took a look at it and were like, ‘You know what? We should make sure we can do one of them good, before we try to bite off doing three of them.’
“So, we just put all of our efforts into trying to make the first one land. There was talk, right away, of us doing more of these. We just needed to get everybody aligned, and see if everybody was down with the vision. Luckily, everyone is.”

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Kylie Minogue to open Strictly Come Dancing launch

OHMYGOSSIP — Kylie Minogue will open this year’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ launch show.
The ‘Locomotion’ hitmaker will take to the stage to perform a concoction of her hits – although her set list is not yet known – to beautiful routines choreographed by the professionals before viewers find out who the celebrities have been paired with.
There will also be musical performances from Academy Award Winner Mark Ronson and Grammy Award Winning American singer-songwriter YEBBA.
The launch show will also see new judge Motsi Mabuse make her debut on the judging panel alongside Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood and Shirley Ballas.
As well as sussing out the talent on this year’s series, the judges will also take to the dance floor to perform an unmissable group number with the professionals.
The 2019 shows will once again be hosted by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman as they welcome the celebrities and their partners to the floor each week.
This year’s series will see Anneka Rice, Dev Griffin, James Cracknell, Alex Scott, Jamie Laing, Will Bayley, Michelle Visage, Viscountess Emma Weymouth, Karim Zeroual, Mike Bushell, Catherine Tyldesley, Saffron Barker, David James, Chris Ramsey and Emma Barton go head-to-head to win the coveted Glitterball Trophy.
There will be a new dynamic on the programme this time around as Dame Darcey Bussell will no longer be on the panel and, instead, Motsi will take her seat.
Former head judge Len Goodman – who quit the programme in 2016 – recently said that Motsi may have a hard time winning over the public as she is the sister of ‘Strictly’ professional Oti Mabuse and people may accuse her of being bias.
The 75-year-old dancer said: “That’s going to be the hardest thing for Motsi. Can you imagine if Oti is in the final two in the dance-off?
“Whatever decision she makes Motsi will get criticism. If she puts Oti through then people will say she’s doing her sister a favour. If she votes her off they will say she didn’t want to be seen to be keeping it in the family.
“I’ve been in a similar situation when I’ve had to judge pupils or former pupils in dancing competitions. All you can do is make the decision based on what you see and try to act with integrity. I’m sure Motsi will do that and if that means having to vote Oti off then that’s what she’ll have to do.”

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Quentin Tarantino unsurprised by Margot Robbie’s rise to fame

OHMYGOSSIP — Quentin Tarantino thinks Margot Robbie’s sudden rise to stardom underlines the magic of Hollywood.
The legendary director cast the Australian actress in his most-recent film – ‘Once Upon a Time In Hollywood’ – and Tarantino thinks that the blonde beauty’s rise from little-known actress to one of the most sought-after stars in the world is typical of Tinseltown.
He told Vogue Australia magazine’s September issue: “That’s how this town is.
“With some people, it can take 12 years to have any sort of movement; other people it takes six months. Or sometimes people have six months then it takes them 12 years to get to the next place.”
Meanwhile, Leonardo DiCaprio recently claimed he knew Margot would be a success after seeing her audition for ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’.
The Oscar-winning actor – who also stars alongside the actress in ‘Once Upon a Time In Hollywood’ – explained that upon seeing the Australian star’s “dynamic presence” while reading a scene, she and Martin Scorsese were “blown away”.
He shared: “On ‘Wolf of Wall Street’, seeing Margot come in and read that scene with me I just knew I was witnessing a dynamic presence in cinema that was about to be.
“Scorcese and myself were blown away by how much she gave back to the scene, fought back and we both immediately knew she was going to have an incredible career.”

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Kevin Feige challenged ‘old sequel mindset’ with MCU

OHMYGOSSIP — Kevin Feige has challenged the “old sequel mindset” within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The Marvel Studios President has worked on the ‘Infinity Saga’ – which culminated in this year’s ‘Avengers: Endgame’ wrapping up 22 different films and 11 franchises – and British screenwriter, Drew Pearce, has praised the 46-year-old producer for figuring out the “genius” secret to sequels, which is to take the same characters and put them in a different genre.
Drew said: “What I think is so enjoyable about it [the MCU] is somewhere through the process, and I think I know what movie it was but I’m not going to say – but Kevin saw at a certain point that the whole rest of some other movie makers are catching up to which is, delivering the old sequel mindset was ‘Give them the same again, but more’.
“Kevin saw at a certain point that giving the audience the same thing was a diminishing return both creatively and on a business level.
“That’s when he started to go ‘What if he did the same character but we put it in a different genre’ and your mileage may vary on how different the movies are from each other, but I love the fact they approach each movie as if it’s a movie from a different genre and I think that’s absolute genius.”
Drew – who co-wrote the 2013 Marvel film ‘Iron Man 3’ – insisted Kevin doesn’t repeat anything within the comic book movie genre because he is constantly refreshing the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Speaking to Collider, he added: “Usually by this point, someone else has picked up the ball and run with it. Marvel is still the one with the ball running. I do think it’s because of the way he is freshening it up.

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Elizabeth McGovern had ‘doubts’ about Downton Abbey script?

OHMYGOSSIP — Elizabeth McGovern reportedly had “doubts” about the ‘Downton Abbey’ movie script.
The 58-year-old actress – who stars as as Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, in the much-anticipated movie – apparently told some of her co-stars that the script “wasn’t true to the characters”, but she still “threw herself into filming”.
A source told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: “Everyone turned up excited about the film, and ­determined to make it the best that it could be.
“There was a real buzz among the cast. The only awkward note was hit when Elizabeth was heard commenting to a few fellow cast members that she felt elements of the script weren’t right.
“But she obviously saw the bigger ­picture, because she threw herself into filming. You would never have known she had doubts, because she gave it her all.”
Meanwhile, Elizabeth previously said that the ‘Downton Abbey’ movie felt like a “family reunion”.
The actress explained there was a party atmosphere on set as the cast got a chance to reunite.
She shared: “‘Downton’ changed all our lives.
“It’s not so much a television show as this juggernaut which took all of us by surprise. I didn’t expect to see my career take on this new direction at my age.
“When the series [first shown in 2010] ended in 2015, everyone was very emotional because it was the end of something so special, but everyone was also incredibly busy with other opportunities that came their way thanks to ‘Downton’.
“Coming back felt like a family reunion. Everyone was in a holiday mood because it seemed such an achievement to be turning this show into a movie. We were all walking round with big smiles on our faces.”

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Margot Robbie’s favourite Sharon Tate movie

OHMYGOSSIP — Margot Robbie’s favourite Sharon Tate movie is ‘Eye Of The Devil’.
The 29-year-old actress portrays the late movie star in Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film, ‘Once Upon a Time In Hollywood’, which follows struggling actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) who seek advice from their neighbours Hollywood star Sharon and her director husband Roman Polanski (Rafał Zawierucha) on how to continue working in a changing movie business.
And now the Australian beauty has opened up about the actress and revealed that she shares the same opinion as Sharon’s younger sister Debra because their favourite performance from the star is the 1966 horror ‘Eye Of The Devil’
In an interview with Empire magazine, she said: “She was so good in it. Funnily enough, when I spoke to Debra Tate she said the same thing. She’s like, ‘No, that’s my favourite performance of Sharon’s.’
“She was so assured, and it’s strange because it was her first movie and she seemed very assured in her acting choices. It was a good character for her. I love watching her in ‘Valley Of The Dolls’ and her playing Malibu, all that kind of stuff is fun. But I think those characters are more people projected onto Sharon as opposed to what she was really capable of.
“‘Eye Of The Devil’ showcased what she was actually capable of, and which I think if she had had more time in this industry she would’ve circled back to those kind of roles.”
Margot previously revealed that in order to “ground the character” she wore jewellery belonging to the star and insisted it was “quite moving” to pay tribute to Sharon by “having a piece of her” with her.
She added: “I guess it sounds like I’m being a bit spiritual or whatever, but it really did help me ground the character in something real.
“I wanted to honour her memory and bring the best parts of Sharon forward. And I found it really quite moving to have a piece of her with me.”
Sharon was eight-and-a-half months pregnant with her and Roman’s son when she was murdered by members of the notorious Manson Family cult, led by Charles Manson, in August 1969. Four other people were also killed in the horrific attacks.

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BBC bosses ‘considered dropping Matthew Morrison from The Greatest Dancer’

OHMYGOSSIP — BBC bosses reportedly “considered” dropping Matthew Morrison from ‘The Greatest Dancer’.
The 40-year-old actor – who is set to star as a Dance Captain on the show’s panel alongside Cheryl and Oti Mabuse – “wasn’t the runaway hit” on the programme, but TV bosses have apparently decided to give him a second chance.
An insider told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: “Matthew wasn’t the runaway hit on the panel that some people thought he would be, so a replacement was briefly considered.
“However, given the BBC’s viewer feedback about him was mostly positive, they decided to give him another chance to impress on this year’s show. And hopefully that is what he will do when it airs.”
By contrast, a BBC spokesperson has insisted the show’s bosses never considered dropping Matthew from the judging panel.
Kate Phillips, the Controller of BBC Entertainment, confirmed earlier this year that ‘The Greatest Dancer’ would be returning for a second series in 2020.
She said: “We wanted a big joyful show that celebrated extraordinary and memorable dancers of all ages and from all backgrounds and that’s exactly what we got.
“Everyone worked so hard on the show and we can’t wait to go again and see who will manage to open our magnificent mirror!”

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Gemma Collins admits to receiving slimming injections

OHMYGOSSIP — Gemma Collins’ weight loss has been fuelled by £250-a-time slimming injections.
The 38-year-old TV star has previously suggested that her new look was the result of a vegan diet and gym work, but Gemma has now revealed the real secret behind her slender figure.
She told the Sunday People newspaper: “I went on the jabs and that has been really good for me.
“You get injected basically and it curbs your appetite as well so it is handy when you are busy and on the road.
“I definitely feel much better since losing weight and I have got more energy and stuff. When you eat rubbish food, you feel rubbish and when you eat healthy, it’s a lot better.”
Gemma has been receiving the injections at a clinic in Brentwood, Essex, where she’s paid as much as £250 for an initial three-week plan, as well as £135 each for top-up treatments.
Earlier this month, meanwhile, Gemma boasted she has “the best butt in the world”.
She said: “I am not obsessed with being thin. I really do love myself as I am. I don’t have body issues or hang ups.
“People would pay thousands to have a butt like mine. I have got the perfect butt. It’s the best in the world. It is up and it’s big.
“I love my body. When I go on holiday now I just don’t mind wearing swimwear. I honestly am at a stage now where I am as I am and I don’t have to explain myself to anybody.”

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Sophie Kasaei: Geordie Shore led to my weight gain

OHMYGOSSIP — Sophie Kasaei blames ‘Geordie Shore’ for her weight gain.
The reality TV star went from a size 12 to 16 after the MTV show launched in 2011, as her diet became dominated by takeaways and alcohol – but she’s now regained control of her lifestyle, meaning she’s been able to shed her excess weight.
Sophie – who was one of the show’s original cast members – told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: “‘Geordie Shore’ was a lot of fun but the show was terrible for my figure. It made me fat.
“My diet consisted of fish and chips, pizzas, kebabs and burgers – and I’d be shoving cakes down my face every night. Then it would be free drinks at nightclubs.
“It was a vicious circle and, inevitably, it started to take its toll on my body. I knew it was not good for me but I was in a rut.”
Although Sophie initially loved starring on the show, it soon began to take its toll on her wellbeing.
She recalled: “When we were filming, I’d have a sausage sandwich for breakfast, Nando’s for lunch, curry for dinner followed by free vodkas in nightclubs until the early hours.
“If I was peckish between meals I would snack on crisps, sweets and fizzy drinks. I got so addicted to salt that I’d sprinkle it on my fruit.
“You have to remember that I grew up not being able to afford to go out for meals or get takeaways, so being able to have all that was a dream come true.”

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Katya Jones splits from husband Neil Jones

OHMYGOSSIP — Katya Jones has split from her husband Neil Jones.
The ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ professional couple have confirmed their split via social media, six years after they tied the knot in 2013.
In a joint statement posted on 30-year-old Katya’s Instagram account on Sunday (18.08.19) afternoon, the former couple said: Hi everyone. As our fans and loyal supporters you are really important to us and so we wanted to let you know some news. After 11 years we have made the mutual decision to separate.
“We will always love each other, just in a different way as friends. This will never change what a great team we make and we are really proud of everything we have achieved together.
“Our shared love of dance means we will keep working and dancing together as well as exploring individual projects. No matter what we do we will always support and respect each other.
“We wish one another every happiness and we will remain the best of friends. We are really looking forward to getting back to the ballroom and can’t wait to keep on dancing. Lots of love from us both xx (sic)”
The split comes 10 months after Katya was pictured locking lips with comedian Seann Walsh, who was her dance partner during the 2018 series of the BBC Latin and ballroom dance competition.
At the time, Katya publicly apologised for the incident, saying: “I can’t apologise enough to everyone who it hurt and involved.
“But, the main thing, me and Neil are absolutely fine and that’s what matters to me the most right now and focusing on my job and doing it as professionally I can.”
Following the kiss, 37-year-old Neil revealed he had forgiven Katya, and insisted he wouldn’t be leaving her despite some fans calling for them to split.
He said: “It was a shock. It was a major shock. I appreciated it of course that Katya told me so I found out from Kayta before it appeared.
“Straight away for me I was more worried about Katya because I could see what was going to happen. It was a natural reaction.
“But that’s what’s wrong at the moment. We have been together for 10 years.
“I just needed to speak to Katya, I just needed to be with her at that moment and understand what was going on.”

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George Clooney wants to sell cheese

OHMYGOSSIP — George Clooney reportedly wants to sell his favourite Italian cheese in America.
The ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ star is said to have become a fan of Pecorino de Pardu cheese – which is made by a farmer named Peppino in the lakeside town of Laglio – after sampling the dairy snack whilst on vacation at his villa on Lake Como.
And after previously entering the retail world when he teamed up with Rande Gerber and Mike Meldman to co-found the Casamigos tequila brand – which they later sold to Diageo in 2017 – he’s believed to now be planning another business venture with the Italian cheese.
A source said: “George can’t get enough of Peppino’s Pecorino, and gorges on huge chunks of it at the end of almost every meal. [His wife] Amal makes him brush his teeth immediately afterwards because she doesn’t like his cheesy breath. But the taste is so good, she too thinks George will find a big new market for it.”
The 58-year-old actor is said to have already shipped 32kg of the hard, salty, sheep-milk cheese back to Los Angeles, which he intends on handing out as samples to his friends and potential customers.
Speaking to the Daily Star Sunday newspaper, the source added: “As well as acting, George has been aching for a new entrepreneurial project. Now he thinks he’s sniffed out his next big thing.”
If the ‘Catch 22’ actor does decide to sell Peppino’s cheese in the States, it will transform the life of the farmer and his family, who currently sell most of their produce from a small van parked close to George’s Lake Como estate.
And Peppino has revealed the first time George bulk ordered cheese, he received the equivalent of £350 in tips.
He said: “They told me how much they like my cheese and usually take the seasoned and four-week-old varieties.”

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Jason Manford in ‘terrifying’ 80-mile car chase

OHMYGOSSIP — Jason Manford was involved in a “terrifying” 80-mile car chase.
The 38-year-old comedian was travelling back from a concert on Hayling Island, near Portsmouth, southern England, on Saturday evening (17.08.19) when he claims a guy blocked the road and asked to borrow some jump leads, but when his driver said no and drove past the motorist proceeded to chase them.
Jason said: “He’s shouting out the window, ‘Why didn’t you have any jump leads?’ and ‘What are you doing here, on the island? This is my town’. I thought, ‘We’re going to wake up in a wicker man here’.
“He follows us, driving dangerously, undercutting us on the A3, getting in front and braking suddenly.
“He was coming up behind us, flashing us, beeping us, shouting, and swerving in the road in front of us. It was a bit terrifying.”
Jason – who is soon to star in the BBC’s new sitcom ‘Scarborough’ – felt like he was in a Sir Alfred Hitchcock movie when he and his driver appeared to lose the guy, only for him to reappear again.
But they managed to lose him for good when they drove to Sutton Police Station in Surrey, south east England.
A Met Police spokesman told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “We did an area search and located the vehicle, locked, behind the station.
“The man [Jason] did not want to make a crime report.”
Jason admitted the ordeal was “one of the weirdest experiences” he has ever had after the guy followed him for nearly 80 miles.

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Lacey Turner ‘set for brief EastEnders return’

OHMYGOSSIP — Lacey Turner is set to return to ‘EastEnders’ for a brief appearance.
The 31-year-old actress – who gave birth to daughter Dusty four weeks ago – is currently on maternity leave from the BBC One soap, but she is expected to make a surprise comeback as Stacey Fowler.
According to Digital Spy, Lacey will be back on the BBC One soap in a few scenes but will then resume her maternity leave.
She is expected to return to the soap full-time at some point.
Stacey and her husband Martin Fowler (James Bye) recently fled Walford after she battered Phil Mitchell with a spanner, leaving him fighting for his life.
Lacey recently revealed she had named her baby Dusty, and she and husband Matt Kay feel grateful for their “miracle” baby after the soap star previously suffered two miscarriages.
She said: “It wasn’t on our original list but we did an internet search for ‘pretty girls’ names’ and we both said it at the same time.
“Dusty’s our little miracle – we call her special K.
“You hear so many horror stories about labour but I feel lucky to be able to say I had a really lovely time.
“I think everything happens for a reason and it does make Dusty being here more special – we’re so lucky to have her in our lives.”
The actress went into labour on July 12th, five days before her actual due date, and the couple didn’t know they were having a baby girl.
Matt said: “When she first came out they handed me the baby and asked me to reveal the gender.
“For a second, I thought it was a boy, as I saw the umbilical cord. I thought, go on son. I then cut the umbilical cord, which was surreal.”
Lacey had 12 scans while pregnant with Dusty to ensure everything was going well.
She said: “We did have more, as I found it reassuring after losing two babies, but once I felt her kicking I didn’t panic as much and didn’t go as much.”

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Maggie Smith was final Downton Abbey star to sign up for movie

OHMYGOSSIP — Dame Maggie Smith was the final ‘Downton Abbey’ star to sign up for the movie.
Gareth Neame, the film’s executive producer, has revealed the 84-year-old actress – who portrays Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham – waited until she was “completely sure everyone was going to do it” before committing to the project.
He said: “I suspect in a lot of ways, Maggie missed working with the other actors.
“When she was completely sure everyone was going to do it and it was happening, then she was on board.”
And Hugh Bonneville – who stars as Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham – has admitted there were “some hurdles” in getting everyone on board for the movie, but he is delighted the TV series cast reunited for the film.
Speaking to Parade magazine, he added: “The biggest testament to the film is that everyone turned up to play.
“We had some hurdles getting everyone in the same place at the same time, but there was a will to do it.”
Other stars who will reprise their roles for the big screen version include Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary Crawley), Laura Carmichael (Lady Edith Crawley), Elizabeth McGovern (Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham), Allen Leech (Tom Branson), Joanne Froggatt (Anna Bates), Brendan Coyle (Mr. Bates) and Matthew Goode (Henry Talbot).
But one star who won’t be returning to the movie is Sue Johnston as the actress – who portrayed Gladys Denker in the TV series – revealed last week her character has been dropped from the film.
She said: “Denker was the first in the script and then the script disappeared. Imagine how I felt!”

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Margot Robbie wrote Quentin Tarantino a letter

OHMYGOSSIP — Margot Robbie wrote Quentin Tarantino a letter to ask to be in one of his films.
The 29-year-old actress, who stars in Tarantino’s new movie ‘Once Upon a Time In Hollywood’, has revealed how she bagged the role by writing a lengthy letter to the legendary filmmaker requesting a meeting.
Speaking to Tarantino, she shared: “I had wanted to write the letter for years and years and years. Because I’d heard you were going to do 10 movies and I couldn’t bear the thought I would miss the boat and never see what one of your film sets was like: I needed to figure out a way to get on to set … I knew I wasn’t in that position yet and each time something exciting in my career would happen to put me on the map a little more, I thought. ‘Okay, I feel like I’m getting more established and maybe now’s the time.'”
And Robbie admits she “agonised” over everything to do with the letter – its contents, how she wrote it and if he was even going to receive it.
She added to Australia’s Vogue magazine: “It wasn’t until we did I, Tonya that I thought, ‘Now I’m happy with my acting. I feel like I’ve reached the stage where this body of work will show people what I can do as an actor. Now I’m ready to chat with Quentin Tarantino and write that letter.’ I remember agonising over everything – the paper, the pen, how I was going to write it – big, small, spaced out. Then, of course, I thought you might not be able to get the letter anyway, so I should stop freaking out so much, and then I just wrote the goddamn thing and prayed that somehow it would get to you, and it did. A couple of weeks later I remember getting the phone call saying: ‘Quentin got your letter and he’d really like to meet up.’ I didn’t want to get ahead of myself, but then when we sat down – I remember you ordered an iced tea with a sweetener – I felt like it was the most exciting meeting I’ll ever take in my life.”

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