I thought about that as I posted it and would indicate that I should have said "reportedly" or something because it goes like this:
When Tarantino announced Once Upon a Time in Hollywood(before it had that title, or any title), with only vague information that it was about the Manson murders...QT(or somebody) put out word in the press that "Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Leo DiCaprio were being considered for the cast." I'm pretty sure links can be found to articles of that nature in 2018 and maybe 2019.
In retrospect, that was a dangerous announcement because it turned out there were only "two roles for three candidates." I don't know if an offer was made or not, but Cruise was "in talks" and it seems to me that he had a shot at the role, but either declined it or QT decided in favor of Brad Pitt.
So...you got me, but I put Tom Cruise in there because I know he was announced as 'in talks." Rather than fight...I'll apologize.
With Jennifer Lawrence, there was both talk and in some cases, photographs of QT meeting J-Law for lunch(photos of them walking outside the restaurant) and the rumors were that while she wanted to work with QT on SOMETHING, the two roles offered didn't cut it.
One was Daisy Domergue in The Hateful Eight. The main (almost ONLY) female lead in an otherwise almost all-male tale, we know that the role involved a lot of violence, blood, and gore rained upon Daisy; J-Law evidently didn't want to go there.
The other, I believe, was Squeaky Fromme in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Evidently, J-Law and QT were trying again to work together, but Margot Robbie already had(or was first choice for) the Sharon Tate part, which was bigger but(as the movie proved) had less dialogue than Squeaky (ultimately played by Dakota Fanning.)
I have no readily available links for any of this, but I read these things -- saw the photos of J-Law and QT after lunch -- and they make sense.
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