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The New York Times: Did Tarantino show you
movies to prepare for your roles?
Brad Pitt (to DiCaprio): More you than me.
Leonardo DiCaprio: We had a screening of a
multitude of B films that I had never heard of, a
lot of 1960s television with actors like Ralph
Meeker and Ty Hardin. These guys could have
been McQueen-esque but didn’t make the tran-
sition from black and white television, espe-
cially westerns, to career-makers like The Great
Escape. So it was almost like a love story to them.
- B.P.: I (remember) a lot of that television. In
fact (Tarantino) reminded me of much of it that
THE NEW YORK TIMES MANOHLA DARGIS
I had forgotten. We did watch Billy Jack, some
Tom Laughlin, just for fun. We were pretty much
weaned on the same television and film. We
talked a lot about the stuntman-actor relation-
ship. I got to meet Bud Ekins, who was Steve
McQueen’s. This was a legendary relationship.
He did the jump for The Great Escape, got Steve
McQueen into motorcycles. And, then, Burt
Reynolds and Hal Needham. We got to talk to
Burt. Originally he was going to play George
Spahn. We had rehearsals before he passed. I
was surprised what a joy that was and how
giving he was, and I was really moved by it.- N.Y. Times: Did you two hang out so you could
develop your flow together?
L.D.: You come to Hollywood and you’re basi-
cally isolated and left to your own devices. (Rick
and Cliff) rely on this friendship for everything.
We immediately fell into those shoes. We un-
derstood that relationship (laughs) so quickly
that on the first day, we were those guys. - B.P.: It was pretty automatic. We both came
on the scene around the same time, we have
crossed paths many times, we have the same
to wean on to spend one’s childhood with, to grow up
watching / stuntman person who replaces an actor in
dangerous scenes / to get, got, got to to be given the
opportunity to / jump sudden movement over a distance, leap
/ to get, got, got sb into to convince sb to become interested
in / originally initially / rehearsal practice session / to pass
to die / giving generous / moved touched (emotionally).- to hang, hung, hung out to spend time together socially, to
go out together / flow energy focus, immersion into a particular
mental zone (here, of a character) / basically essentially / to
be left to one’s own devices to be alone without help from
anyone else / to rely on to depend on / to fall, fell, fallen
into sb’s shoes to quickly and easily understand a certain
perspective / to laugh to express a sound of amusement. - pretty really quite / to cross paths to meet (by chance) /
"We had a screening of a
multitude of B films" (§ 1)
Un B film était à l'origine un long-
métrage tourné avec un petit budget,
distribué sans campagne publicitaire
et projeté en première partie d'un
double programme, très courant à
l'âge d'or d’Hollywood.SUR LE BOUT DE LA LANGUEINTERVIEW WITH
BRAD PITT /
LEONARDO DICAPRIO
actorsBRAD PITT AND LEONARDO
DICAPRIO INTERVIEW
Pitt, DiCaprio... and the latest Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino is back! In Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood, the
emblematic American director takes us back the Los Angeles of 1969
and its film industry during a period of major transformation. In
cinemas from 14 August, his new film features an exceptional cast
including Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio, who are working
together for the first time. Interview with the two cinema legends.Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio in
Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood.
(CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved.)- screening showing of a film / B film low-budget movie
which in the past accompanied the showing of a main film
in a cinema theatre / to be McQueen-esque here, with a
career similar to that of Steve McQueen / career-maker
successful film which marked a turning point in an actor’s
career / The Great Escape (VF) La Grande Évasion. - to remind sb of sth to make a person think of sth /
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