Quentin Tarantino‘s highly anticipated ninth film,Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, debuted to a warm reception at itsCannes Film Festivalpremiere last week, but it has also seen its fair share of controversy.
Polish actor Rafał Zawierucha plays Polanski in the film, alongside Robbie.
Seigner, 52, explained that she felt it was unfair that her husband is featured in the film when he has been a “pariah” in Hollywood due to his rape charge.
“I am just saying that it doesn’t bother them [in Hollywood] to make a film which takes Roman and his tragic story… while at the same time they have made him a pariah. And all without consulting him of course,” she wrote.
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Polanskipled guilty to engaging in unlawful sexual intercoursein 1977 after 13-year-old Samantha Geimer accused him of getting her drunk and giving her part of a quaalude. He went on to serve 42 days in jail due to the plea bargain but fled the U.S. when ordered to serve the remainder of his 90-day sentence.
After fleeing the United States in 1978, hewas detained in Switzerland, jailed and placed on house arrest for several months, until the Swiss government officially declined to deport him. Since then, Polanski has remained a fugitive. The case is still ongoing, despite his victim’s requests to have it dismissed.
Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski.Joe Bangay/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty
Last week, Tarantino alsofaced criticismfor keeping Robbie’s role in the film minimal.
The director, 56,shut down a female reporterfromThe New York Timesduring a press conference on Wednesday after she asked him why Robbie, 28, had little to do or say in the film.
“I reject your hypothesis,” Tarantino said.
In an interview withIndieWire, the director and screenwriter later explained why he chose to make the role of Tate smaller than the roles Robbie’s co-starsLeonardo DiCaprioandBrad Pittplay.
“There was a little bit more of her; everybody lost sequences,” Tarantino told the outlet. “It’s not her story, it’s Rick’s story. It’s not even Cliff’s.”
He added, “And [Tate] is an angelic presence throughout the movie, she’s an angelic ghost on earth, to some degree, she’s not in the movie, she’s in our hearts.”
The film premiered at Cannes last week and received rave first reactions from critics who called it “brilliant” and “shocking.”
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood— also starringLuke Perryin his final role,Kurt Russell,Dakota FanningandLena Dunham— hits theaters July 26.
source: people.com
