Overview
- Hawke shared the advice during a light exchange on Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast, where both laughed at the inside-joke nature of the remark.
- Hawke appeared in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in 2019, and coverage noted she did not go barefoot on screen while co-star Margaret Qualley had notable barefoot scenes.
- Tarantino has previously downplayed the “foot fetish” label, telling GQ in 2021 that he does not take the claims seriously and framing such shots as a directorial choice.
- Media recapped prior examples often cited by fans, including shots of Margot Robbie, Margaret Qualley and Dakota Fanning’s bare feet, and Brad Pitt’s 2020 SAG Awards joke.
- Reports also revisited the 2004 on-set car crash during Kill Bill that injured Thurman, which Tarantino later called one of his biggest regrets, with Thurman saying in 2018 she had forgiven him.