Gary Kent, an actor, director and, most notably, stuntman whose career is thought to have been an inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, died Thursday at an assisted care facility in Austin, Texas. He was 89
, Tarantino drew upon Kent’s life and career in the creation of the Cliff Booth stuntman character portrayed by Brad Pitt in 2019’s.
While stuntman and director Hal Needham was also an important inspiration, there’s particular overlap between Kent and Booth in their crossing paths with‘s Bruce Lee and, perhaps even more striking, Kent’s encounters with the Charles Manson Family during late-1960s film shoots at the Spahn Ranch.TCM Underground: 50 Must-See Films From the World of Classic Cult and Late-Night Cinema, was published in 2009.
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