Leonardo DiCaprio plays Rick Dalton in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Rick Dalton is a fictional television and film actor whose career is losing momentum in 1969 Los Angeles. He is particularly anxious about being reduced to guest roles and about the changing Hollywood industry. Brad Pitt plays Cliff Booth, Dalton’s stunt double, driver and close friend.
The film follows the pair through a version of Hollywood that includes real figures such as Sharon Tate, Roman Polanski, Steve McQueen and Bruce Lee. Its historical setting intersects with the Manson Family murders, but Tarantino deliberately changes the outcome in the film’s alternate-history climax.
DiCaprio and Pitt were both praised for their performances, and Pitt won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as Cliff Booth. The two names are an especially common mix-up: Dalton is the actor, while Booth is his stunt double.