Burt Reynolds role in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood replaced by his friend Bruce Dern

The next big thing in Hollywood is Tarantino’s movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood staring an ensemble cast including DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and others. It was earlier reported that Burt Reynolds will play the role as Spahn, a blind man in the film after which the actor died suddenly ending up his dream of acting in a big film just to remain as a dream.

Now sources reveal that actor Bruce Dern has been chosen by the director to replace him, Dern is also a friend of Reynolds and have screen space with him in a lot of his early films. Bruce Dern is a two time Oscar nominee and a talented actor known for his roles in Nebraska, Coming Home etc.

He often plays villain roles with roles in films and his recent films were Nostalgia, White Boy Rick while he is joining with Tarantino after playing a prominent role in The Hateful Eight and also played a small role in the film Django Unchained.

Once Upon a time in Hollywood is Quentin Tarantino’s much expected upcoming film which is in making for a long time with a lot of shoots yet to happen. The movie is based on the real story of the murder mystery of actress Sharon Tate by the Manson Family lead by Charles Manson. 

The film is expected to unfold a lot of unspoken truths about the murder and Dern will be playing the role of a blind neighbour of Sharon who rented the house for murderers in return of getting women for his bedtime. The biggest multistarrer film in recent times Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is scheduled to release on July 26, 2019.