Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker, actor, film programmer, and cinema owner.
His films are characterized by nonlinear storylines, satirical subject matter, aestheticization of violence, extended scenes of dialogue, ensemble casts, references to popular culture and a wide variety of other films, soundtracks primarily containing songs and score pieces from the 1960s to the 1980s, alternate history, and features of neo-noir film.
Austin Butler Is No Top Gun, But He Finally Gets Lift In ‘Masters Of The Air’
deadline.comAustin Butler appears to be a go-to guy when it comes to flight films. During a conversation this week with Josh Horowitz for his Happy Sad Confused podcast at The 92nd Street Y, New York, Butler said he had been in the running for a role in Top Gun: Maverick.
But he flew in a different direction. “I ended up having to choose between going to the screen test for Top Gun: Maverick or saying yes to Quentin Tarantino,” he said.
Butler decided to go with Oscar-winner Tarantino, fulfilling a personal dream. “I’d already met with him, so I did that,” he said, which resulted in his role in 2019’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.
Butler starred as Charles Watson, a member of Charles Manson’s cult. Despite Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’s release coming nearly three years before Top Gun: Maverick, they were filmed around the same time in the summer of 2018.
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