[DAC21]

“Burt Reynolds was supposed to play the Bruce Dern part but Bert died”

Interesting tidbit and makes sense. Supposedly the Pitt / DiCaprio characters where loosely based on Burt and his stunt double. Burt did a couple Spaghetti Westerns and of course was a regular on Gunsmoke for a few seasons.

[mad_as_he$$]

Dern was the first white guy to kill John Wayne.

[stuckincali]

Halk Needham

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a28504994/brad-pitt-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-character-true-story-stuntman-hal-needham/

[DouglasKC]

Interesting tidbit and makes sense. Supposedly the Pitt / DiCaprio characters where loosely based on Burt and his stunt double. Burt did a couple Spaghetti Westerns and of course was a regular on Gunsmoke for a few seasons.

Yes, the Brad Pitt character supposedly based on Hal Needham...