Margot Robbie’s Nod to ‘Tess’ in ‘Once Upon a Time in

(Spoiler warning: This addresses a minor plot level involving Sharon Tate in “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.)

In 1979, 10 years after the murders of Sharon Tate and 4 others at her and Roman Polanski’s residence, the notorious director launched the movie “Tess.”

The movie, starring “Cat People” actress Nastassja Kinski, garnered six Oscar nominations, together with for greatest image, and received three. The movie follows the harrowing and tragic lifetime of the gorgeous Tess, born into poverty and raped after being despatched to dwell and work with what are believed to be rich kin. At the time of the movie’s launch, Polanski had fled to France after pleading responsible to statutory rape in 1977.

“Tess” was deemed Polanski’s masterpiece as much as that time, however the movie’s origins started a decade earlier when Tate, Polanski’s spouse, launched him to the basic 1891 Thomas Hardy novel it’s based mostly on, with hopes of starring within the movie model herself.

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There’s a scene in Quentin Tarantino’s ninth and latest movie “Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood,” woven right into a quiet, reflective sequence through which Margot Robbie, portraying Tate, stops right into a bookstore within the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles to purchase a replica of Hardy’s “Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented” for Polanski (performed by Rafal Zawierucha).

Tate impressed Polanski to jot down and direct “Tess.” While Tarantino’s movie reveals her shopping for the e-book in L.A., Tate truly purchased Polanski a replica of the e-book in Europe, earlier than going again to the U.S. Polanski stayed behind to complete engaged on a movie.

That was the final time Polanski noticed Tate alive. He was nonetheless abroad when she was murdered in August of 1969. Polanski devoted “Tess” “to Sharon” initially of the movie.