: pages259-269 Tarantino based the Brandy and POW chapters on true stories. It also contains a chapter detailing how Booth came to own his pit bull, Brandy, : stated at:59:00–1:00:00 and another chapter focused on Booth living in France after escaping from a Filipino jungle as a POW. The novel includes an entire chapter on the career of Lancer lead, James Stacy. Blond," the alias of Vic Vega ( Michael Madsen) in Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. : pages202-215 "Pussycat" refers to Booth as "Mr. Booth is brought in as a ringer to the sets of Hurry Sundown and The Wild Wild West, where he hits Otto Preminger and Robert Conrad in the face, knocking them on their asses. Lee does this and Booth believes Lee's kung fu is all for show and screen, and that judo is a superior martial art. Booth is a "ringer," a stuntman brought in and paid on the side to hurt actors who "tag" (hit for real) stuntmen. Tarantino explains the inner thoughts of the controversial Bruce Lee-Cliff Booth fight, saying that Booth tricks Lee into the fight and Booth is fighting his own instinct to murder Lee more than Lee himself. The term "creepy crawl" was invented by the Manson girls. He taught them to wear dark clothing and "crawl" through the house.
: pages80-97 Manson encouraged going into wealthy unvacated homes, which the Manson girls would enter and steal valuables. In it, Manson instructs "Pussycat" to break into a wealthy, elderly couple's house while they are sleeping. There is a chapter dedicated to the Manson Family's "creepy crawls".
It also focuses on Charles Manson's pursuit of a music career and the "inner worlds" of Sharon Tate and Trudi Frazer. The novel also departs from the film the film's finale occurs towards the beginning of the novel, and its aftermath includes Rick Dalton earning newfound fame as a regular on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. See also: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood § Plot, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood § Character detailsĪccording to Tarantino, the novel is "a complete rethinking of the entire story" and adds details to various sequences and characters, including multiple chapters dedicated to the backstory of Cliff Booth.