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Quentin Tarantino Thought He Was ‘Letting Down’ Brad Pitt by Not Directing Cliff Booth Sequel: ‘I Felt Bad About That’
Quentin Tarantino says he felt he was letting Brad Pitt down when he decided not to direct a sequel to *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood*. Pitt had been keen to reprise stunt man Cliff Booth, but David Fincher ultimately took over directing the film, based on Tarantino’s script.
Tarantino said he was surprised and excited when Fincher showed interest, and valued the chance for a director of Fincher’s standing to make one of his screenplays. The new film, *The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth*, moves the story from 1969 to 1977, with Booth working as a Hollywood studio fixer; it is due in IMAX cinemas on 25 November. Pitt won an Oscar for his role in the 2019 original.
In short
- Tarantino felt bad about stepping away from directing the sequel.
- David Fincher is directing from Tarantino’s script.
- Cliff Booth returns as a studio fixer in 1977.
Explained simply
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a 2019 film by Quentin Tarantino, set in Los Angeles in 1969. Brad Pitt played Cliff Booth, a stunt performer and long-time friend of actor Rick Dalton, and won an Oscar for the role.
The new film follows Booth several years later, in 1977, when he works as a fixer for a Hollywood studio. Tarantino wrote the screenplay, while David Fincher directs; the change matters because it brings a different filmmaker’s approach to a character first created by Tarantino.