Quentin Tarantino Included A Nod To Chris Pine’s Actress Grandmother In ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’

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Quentin Tarantino is a big fan of Chris Pine’s famous family. The “Inglourious Basterds” director is fond of old Hollywood and has a soft spot for 1940s actress Anne Gwynne, who just happens to be Pine’s maternal grandmother.

With over 60 acting credits to her name, Gwynne appeared in a number of horror and western films, including “House Of Frankenstein”, “Black Friday” and “Ride ‘Em Cowboy” – she died in 2003 at age 84.

Pine was made aware of Tarantino’s love of his grandmother and her films after they met at a Vanity Fair Academy Awards party. “I’ve been to the Academy Awards a couple of times and I always take my mom and we have a great old time and laugh a bunch and she holds all the Power Bars,” the “Star Trek” actor explains on the