Actor Bruce Dern recalled a tense moment involving Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt during the filming of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. According to Dern, the director lost patience after Pitt interrupted a scene in the middle of filming.
The revelation was made during an interview with People magazine at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. Dern said the situation happened during one of the scenes at George Spahn’s ranch, when his character improvised a line that was not in the original script. The reaction led Pitt to immediately ask for the camera to be cut.
According to the actor, Tarantino became visibly irritated and allegedly told the star: “Never cut a camera again in your life or you’ll be dead in this business.”
According to Dern, the director reinforced that the decision to stop filming belongs exclusively to him. Despite the tense atmosphere, filming continued normally after the discussion.
Even with the behind-the-scenes incident, the partnership between Tarantino and Pitt remained strong. The actor won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Cliff Booth in the film and is expected to return to the character in The Adventures of Cliff Booth, a new project connected to the movie’s universe.
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