Jennifer Lawrence on Tarantino roles
by Freddenver: Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence opened up to Josh Horowitz at 92NY about passing on Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, a part originally written for her, and she regrets it. She also mentioned being considered for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood but was told she wasn't pretty enough to play Sharon Tate.
Transcript (en)
Wow. Tarantino's been chasing you. He wants you. I don't know about that. That's true. No, he said that. Hateful Eight, the Jennifer Jason Leigh part, was originally written for you, I believe. I turned it down, which I should not have done. And I think Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, too. Didn't he want you? Well, he did, and then everybody was like, she's not pretty enough to play Sharon Tate. And then they didn't. I know. and then That's not true I'm pretty sure it is true or it's that thing where I've been telling this story this way for so long
