{"id":2974,"date":"2026-05-21T12:24:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/brad-pitt-got-scolded-by-quentin-tarantino-on-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-set\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:24:24","slug":"brad-pitt-got-scolded-by-quentin-tarantino-on-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/brad-pitt-got-scolded-by-quentin-tarantino-on-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Pitt got scolded by Quentin Tarantino on &#8216;Once Upon a Time in Hollywood&#8217; set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/pitt-39.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Brad Pitt allegedly got a major scolding from director Quentin Tarantino for cutting the camera on the set of the 2019 film \u201cOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Dern <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/bruce-dern-recalls-quentin-tarantino-once-scolding-brad-pitt-on-set-exclusive-11980067\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told People <\/a>in a recent interview that the incident occurred when they shot the scene where Pitt\u2019s character, Cliff Booth, stops by the ranch to check on Dern\u2019s character, George Spahn, who is blind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Brad Pitt wakes me up in\u00a0\u2018Once Upon a Time\u2026 in Hollywood\u2019 I\u2019m in the bed and I get up and I\u2019m a little groggy and stuff and I just say, \u2018I\u2019m not really sure what\u2019s going on,&#8217;\u201d Dern, 89, recalled.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Bruce Dern claimed Brad Pitt got a major scolding from director Quentin Tarantino on the set of \u201cOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood\u201d (Pitt and Dern are pictured above in the 2019 film) <span class=\"credit\">Sony Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Dern (seen above in a portrait from Cannes Film Festival 2026) said when he improvised a line during filming, Pitt cut the camera, which angered Tarantino. <span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Scott A Garfitt<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Dern said because he improvised that line, Pitt \u201ccut the camera\u201d which angered Tarantino, 63.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe look on Quentin\u2019s face \u2014 I mean, he was insanely grave \u2014 and he said, \u2018Brad, what did you just do?&#8217;\u201d Dern remembered.<\/p>\n<p>The famous director then allegedly told Pitt, \u201cNever again in your life will you ever cut a camera or you\u2019ll be dead in this business. That\u2019s my domain. Don\u2019t stop behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tarantino allegedly told Pitt (both seen above at the 2023 Golden Globes), \u201cNever again in your life will you ever cut a camera or you\u2019ll be dead in this business.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">NBC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>After the scolding, Pitt allegedly said to Tarantino, \u201cWell, that wasn\u2019t in the script what he said\u201d (Tarantino and Pitt are pictured above at the 2019 Canes Film Festival). <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When they shot the scene again, all Pitt said to Tarantino was, \u201cWell, that wasn\u2019t in the script what he said,\u201d according to Dern.<\/p>\n<p>For the scene that made the final edit, Dern improvised a different line: \u201cI don\u2019t know who you are, but you touched me today. You came to visit me, now I gotta go back to sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cGreat Gatsby\u201d actor told People he used improv because Pitt and co-star Leonardo DiCaprio already told him, \u201cYou\u2019re going to be in my movie no matter what.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey did that, and that touched me,\u201d Dern added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Dern explained that he improvised the line because Pitt and co-star Leo DiCaprio promised that he\u2019d be in the movie (Tarantino, Pitt and  Elise Nygaard Olson are seen above on the set of the film). <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Columbia Pictures\/courtesy Everett Co \/ Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Pitt (seen above shooting a scene for the film) plays Hollywood suntman Cliff Booth in the movie. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Columbia Pictures\/courtesy Everett Co \/ Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In \u201cOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood,\u201d Pitt plays the stuntman for Hollywood actor Rick Dalton (DiCaprio).<\/p>\n<p>At the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/02\/09\/oscar-winners-2020-complete-list-with-nominees\/\">2020 Oscars,<\/a>\u00a0Pitt won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Cliff.<\/p>\n<p>In his acceptance speech, the \u201cF1\u201d actor praised Tarantino for being \u201coriginal\u201d and \u201cone of a kind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe film industry would be a much drier place without you and I love the ethos you gave Cliff Booth,\u201d Pitt added of Tarantino.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Pitt (pictured above with Tarantino in 2009) won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2020 for his role in the film. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Pitt (seen above last year) graciously called Tarantino \u201cone of a kind\u201d in his Oscars acceptance speech. <span class=\"credit\">Apple TV+ via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The pair are collaborating again on <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/29\/entertainment\/brad-pitt-has-shaggy-hair-in-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-sequel-pics\/\">\u201cThe Adventures of Cliff Booth,<\/a> the sequel to \u201cOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood\u201d\u00a0with Pitt reprising his role from the first film with a script written by Tarantino.<\/p>\n<p>David Fincher is directing the sequel, which comes out in November.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/21\/celebrity-news\/brad-pitt-got-scolded-by-quentin-tarantino-on-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-set\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brad Pitt allegedly got a major scolding from director Quentin Tarantino for cutting the camera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pitt-39.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}