Lena Dunham Is The Latest Star To Join Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’
Once Upon a Time in Hollywoodkeeps adding more stars to its already-stacked cast. But while this latest addition is a big name, it’s also a wholly unexpected choice.Lena Dunhamis joiningQuentin Tarantino’sOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodcast in an undisclosed role. Though theGirlscreator has earned a slew of Emmy nominations for her work on the HBO series, this will be Dunham’s first ever role in a major Hollywood feature. Not to mention, it’ll be the first role in which she won’t be playing a 21st century millennial.
Lena Dunham has joined the cast ofOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood, Tarantino’s film centered around Hollywood in the year 1969. According toThe Hollywood Reporter, Dunham will join the cast alongsideMaya Hawke, Austin Butler(Switched at Birth), andLorenza Izzo(The Green Inferno).
This will be Dunham’s first role in a period piece — apart from a brief role in HBO’sMildred Pierce, from which she was notoriouslyfiredbecause of her struggles with the script and her character’s accent. There’s no doubt that Dunham is talented, but she is almost inexorably linked to the modern-day millennial experience thanks to semi-autobiographical roles inGirls, Tiny Furniture, and literally everything else that she’s penned. It’ll be odd to see her transported to 1969, to say the least, but at least she doesn’t have to put on a period-specific accent. This will also be Dunham’s first on-screen role sinceGirlswent off the air last year.
Another significant thing to note is the casting of Maya Hawke, the daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. It seems like Thurman passing on the torch of working with Tarantino to her daughter, and that perhaps all is forgiven since the whole “almost being killedon the set ofKill Bill"thing.
But with Dunham joining,Once Upon a Time in Hollywoodhas officially become the whitest cast in Hollywood (I kid — kind of). But take a look at this star-studded cast for Tarantino’s highly anticipated film:
