{"id":2158343,"date":"2025-11-15T09:48:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T09:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2158343"},"modified":"2025-11-15T09:48:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T09:48:32","slug":"mikey-madison-says-doors-cracked-open-for-her-after-once-upon-a-time-i-really-credit-quentin-tarantino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mikey-madison-says-doors-cracked-open-for-her-after-once-upon-a-time-i-really-credit-quentin-tarantino\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikey Madison Says Doors &#8216;Cracked Open&#8217; for Her After \u201cOnce Upon a Time\u201d: &#8216;I Really Credit Quentin Tarantino&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mikey Madison said doors in the movie industry &#8220;cracked open&#8221; for her after she made Once Upon a Time&#8230; in Hollywood in a new book on the making of the movie<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;You know, it was &#8216;Well, if she has worked with Quentin, there must be something about her,&#8217; &#8221; Madison said<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jay Glennie&#8217;s\u00a0The Making of Once Upon a Time&#8230; in Hollywood is available for purchase now<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Six years removed from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/quentin-tarantino\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Quentin Tarantino;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Quentin Tarantino<\/a>&#8216;s 2019 hit Once Upon a Time&#8230; in Hollywood, young actors like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/mikey-madison-8759762\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mikey Madison;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mikey Madison<\/a> are recounting how the film changed their lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/brad-pitt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:In author Jay Glennie's\u00a0;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">In author Jay Glennie&#8217;s\u00a0<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Making-Quentin-Tarantinos-Once-Hollywood\/dp\/B0F5NZ14WQ\/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=X6QZJC1R3YE2&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.jgfHSIkPXiEjmVrbsh4MECZmUCPv01PyBg8x4Wln5WGs30taPZExiO6p4w1gHQT8dCUfl8s5e8kjqRIJ7aV4PSMO4iGpwqggzWnpZIme7-aYq3pnVm0ayEhC98ZpVplCEn25uL5aOuua2dFJG2nm4fJsWhRPCy6mkkf_dmQcfSWpbXVanRpmm-hS1S6_-8riCgMQfhOfyiRlGGoUaupP71vfIQh1j0wTSacJgJMg2Kw.xTfozVq5s0uFZTmXogujeyoYtQtzm-pRF5DYJ3e7pwU&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=once+upon+a+time+in+hollywood&amp;qid=1762470446&amp;sprefix=once+upon+a+time+in+hollywoo%2Caps%2C192&amp;sr=8-1-spons&amp;sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&amp;psc=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Making of Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Making of Once Upon a Time&#8230; in Hollywood<\/a>, available now, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/academy-awards\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Academy Award;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Academy Award<\/a> winner Madison, 26, looks back on the host of up-and-coming talent Tarantino, 62, and casting director Victoria Thomas assembled to round out the movie&#8217;s cast, &#8220;which gave us all an uplift in our careers,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I really credit Quentin and his trust, which meant other directors and other people see something different in me,&#8221; Madison said in the book. &#8220;Doors that had been kind of shut to me were, I think, cracked open after working on Once Upon a Time&#8230; in Hollywood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Aside from the movie&#8217;s stars <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/brad-pitt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brad Pitt;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Brad Pitt<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/leonardo-dicaprio\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Leonardo DiCaprio;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Leonardo DiCaprio<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/margot-robbie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Margot Robbie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Margot Robbie<\/a>, Tarantino <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/actors-who-got-their-big-break-in-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-11695341\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:cast young actors;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">cast young actors<\/a> like Madison, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/austin-butler\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Austin Butler;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Austin Butler<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/person\/sydney-sweeney\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sydney Sweeney;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sydney Sweeney<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/margaret-qualley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Margaret Qualley;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Margaret Qualley<\/a> and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/stranger-things-who-is-maya-hawke\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Maya Hawke;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Maya Hawke<\/a> to play members of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-charles-manson-followers-11692875\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Charles Manson &quot;family,&quot;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Charles Manson &#8220;family,&#8221;<\/a> whom Pitt and DiCaprio&#8217;s characters encounter in the movie&#8217;s climactic violent sequence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"andrew cooper Mikey Madison on set of Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"697\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/c3PO.hXwsxWxzaiTaB180Q--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTEzMjI7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/9c55f9cc3e077b4fa1e917bdcb2f6afc\"\/><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>andrew cooper<\/p>\n<p> Mikey Madison on set of Once Upon a Time&#8230; in Hollywood<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Butler, Hawke and Madison shared the screen as their characters approach the homes of their <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sharon-tate-death-everything-to-know-11787492\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:would-be victims;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">would-be victims<\/a> before Tarantino&#8217;s movie rewrites history with the Manson cult members&#8217; deaths. &#8220;Oh, you just knew that Austin was going to be a huge star,&#8221; Hawke, 27, said of working with Butler on those scenes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When Madison spoke about the movie&#8217;s long-term impact on her career, she added, &#8220;You know, it was &#8216;Well, if she has worked with Quentin, there must be something about her.&#8217; All these years later, I got to work with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/oscars-2025-sean-baker-record-4-anora-wins-walt-disney-11689349\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sean Baker;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sean Baker<\/a>, who originally saw me in Once Upon a Time&#8230; in Hollywood and essentially cast me and wrote the part for me in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/mikey-madison-anora-movie-review-8729540\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Anora;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Anora<\/a>, so I&#8217;m forever grateful to Quentin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"courtesy of Insight Editions &amp; The Story Factory The Making of Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/1IS2aoncAqxSRCV7v4oNUQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTk2MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/0c9a0846c4acf73dc97fba1075c6cd79\"\/><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>courtesy of Insight Editions &amp; The Story Factory<\/p>\n<p> The Making of Once Upon a Time&#8230; in Hollywood<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the six years since Tarantino released his most recent movie, Madison has won an Oscar, and Butler has received an Academy Award nomination. Sweeney now has two <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/academy-awards\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Emmy Award;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Emmy Award<\/a> nominations. All three are among Hollywood&#8217;s most in-demand actors, with Butler having played Dune: Part Two&#8217;s memorable villain and Sweeney&#8217;s 2023 hit rom-com Anyone But You.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The\u00a0Making of Once Upon a Time&#8230; in Hollywood\u00a0is\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/insighteditions.com\/products\/the-making-of-quentin-tarantino-s-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:available for purchase;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">available for purchase<\/a>\u00a0now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/mikey-madison-talks-big-break-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-11848210\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Mikey Madison said doors in the movie industry &#8220;cracked open&#8221; for her after she made Once Upon a Time&#8230; in Hollywood in a new book on the making of the movie &#8220;You know, it was &#8216;Well, if she has worked with Quentin, there must be something about her,&#8217; &#8221; Madison said Jay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2158344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[311575,22860,364168,364165,412985,318878,309386,412986],"class_list":["post-2158343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-austin-butler","tag-hollywood","tag-maya-hawke","tag-mikey-madison","tag-once-upon-a-time","tag-quentin-tarantino","tag-sydney-sweeney","tag-victoria-thomas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mikey-Madison-Says-Doors-Cracked-Open-for-Her-After-Once.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2158343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2158345,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158343\/revisions\/2158345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2158344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2158343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2158343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2158343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}