Jennifer Lawrence claimed she lost out on the role of Sharon Tate in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood because of criticism of her looks.
Back in 2017, fans were agog at the news that Quentin Tarantino was making a movie involving the Manson murders, and rumors started flying that he was trying to choose between Lawrence and Margot Robbie to play Tate.
Tate’s sister Debra broke her silence on the matter, flatly declaring Lawrence was ‘not pretty enough’ for the part and that she would prefer Robbie.
Tarantino eventually did select Robbie, amid a cast that included Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margaret Qualley, Dakota Fanning and Austin Butler.
Now Lawrence, 35, has shared her own memory of how the situation unfolded, saying Tarantino ‘did’ want her for the part ‘and then everybody was like: “She’s not pretty enough to play Sharon Tate,”‘ during a recent event for 92NY.
‘That’s not true,’ said interviewer Josh Horowitz, to which Lawrence replied: ‘I’m pretty sure it is true, or it’s that thing where I’ve been telling that story this way for so long that I believe it, but I’m pretty sure that happened.’
The Hunger Games actress added: ‘Or he just never was considering me for the part and the internet just went out of their way to call me ugly.’
Sharon Tate, who acted in Valley of the Dolls, was eight months pregnant by her husband Roman Polanski when she was murdered by the Manson Family in 1969.
