Tim Roth shares his thoughts on Quentin Tarantino's potential OnceUponATimeInHollywood extended cut. 'If he does an extended version, that would be kind of weird and wonderful. It’d be something to see.'
Over three years after first being cut from the film, Tim Roth is reacting to a potential Once Upon a Time in Hollywood extended cut. Roth and Quentin Tarantino have frequently worked with one another, going all the way back to the latter's feature directorial debut in 1992's Reservoir Dogs. Roth would subsequently appear in supporting turns in 1994's Pulp Fiction and 2015's The Hateful Eight.
Roth and Tarantino were set to reunite for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the filmmaker's love letter to the final days of Hollywood's golden age told through the lens of fading actor Rick Dalton, his stunt double Cliff Booth and rising actress Sharon Tate.
I didn’t even know that he’d done an extended version of ‘The Hateful Eight.' When we did ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood,’ it was just a cameo. I came and did a few scenes. He was so sweet about it when we talked, but the cut came out to be four hours long or something. So he had to make a decision about the characters he had to flow with, and so the other characters’ storylines, unfortunately, went by the wayside. All of those storylines were shot, so it’d be a hell of a fun thing to see.
Talks of a Once Upon a Time in Hollywood extended cut have swirled the film first hit theaters, including a four-hour version of the film and Tarantino himself teasing the possibility of a Netflix release in the same vein of The Hateful Eight's extended cut. Tarantino last indicated that an extended cut of the film wouldn't be released for a few years in June 2021, while also saying that it would clock in closer to three-and-a-half hours and would instead be released theatrically.
While Roth's comments on a potential Once Upon a Time in Hollywood extended cut don't seem to offer much insight for its progress, or even whether it will come to be, his excitement at the prospect should be enough to keep audience interest alive for some time. Additionally, with Tarantino still having at least one more film in him before retirement, one can hope he and Roth get the opportunity for a reunion that doesn't end up on the cutting room floor in the future.