Overview
- Speaking on the Jan. 12 Happy Sad Confused podcast, Jennifer Lawrence said she believed she was passed over after commenters claimed she was not pretty enough to play Sharon Tate.
- Sharon Tate’s sister, Debra Tate, told TMZ in 2017 that Margot Robbie was her choice and said Lawrence was not pretty enough for the role.
- Margot Robbie ultimately portrayed Tate in the 2019 film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
- Quentin Tarantino said in 2021 that he considered Lawrence for the Manson follower Squeaky Fromme, not Tate, describing her reading the script at his house, a point that conflicts with Lawrence’s recollection.
- Lawrence also said she declined the Daisy Domergue role in Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, which went to Jennifer Jason Leigh, and she now regrets the decision.