Quentin Tarantino praises the late Rick Dalton in a recent episode of his podcast

Just a few days ago, director Quentin Tarantino announced the death of his fictional character Hollywood actor Rick Dalton, who was played by Leonardo Dicaprio In Once upon a time in Hollywood. This is a character she loved so much that she wrote a book about him and created an entire filmography. The announcement of his death read:

“We are saddened to hear of the passing of actor Rick Dalton, best known for his roles in the hit TV series ‘Bounty Law’ and ‘The Fireman’ trilogy.” The tweet also offered more insight into Dalton’s story, stating, “Rick died peacefully at his Hawaii home and was survived by his wife Francesca. Rip Rick Dalton 1933-2023.

Tarantino also promised to talk about the fictional character’s career this week on his podcast, The video archivesco-hosted by the director and his Pulp Fiction co-writer Roger Avary. She kept that promise, and in the episode, Avary’s daughter Gala, a podcast producer, read:

“On May 19, 2023, actor Rick Dalton passed away peacefully at his home in Honolulu, Hawaii,” Gala said. “He survived his wife, Francesca. Dalton was loved by fans of ‘Bounty Law,’ where he played bounty hunter Jake Cahill for five seasons, and also for his iconic role as Eddie Karpinski, the flamethrower-wielding vigilante in ‘The Fireman,’ ‘The Fireman Part 2″, and “The Fireman 3: CIA Crackdown”. But he was so much more, with a career spanning over 20 years. In this episode of the Video Archives Podcast, we invite you to remember Rick Dalton.

Tarantino continued to refer to a conflict Dalton was involved in, as portrayed Once upon a time in Hollywood.

“Something also happened to him in the late 60s where three hippies were breaking into his house, and they were tripping, and they had guns with them, and his stunt double basically blew the brains out of two of them. , and Rick set fire to the other with the flamethrower from “The 14 Fists of McCluskey”.

He continued:

“So he got invited to, like, the Republican Convention, all right, because it became this thing for, like, the Nixon silent majority. And he’s a lifelong Democrat, but he’s gone and they screwed him. Rick was very happy that he was dug,” Tarantino said. “But then they put him in Johnny Carson, and he was a big hit on ‘The Johnny Carson Show,’ and then all of a sudden, because of the notoriety, he started making better TV shows He went from ‘Land of the Giants’ and ‘Green Hornet’ to ‘Mission: Impossible’.

It’s a pretty fun little world that Tarantino has created around Rick Dalton. I have a soft spot for the character because Once upon a time in Hollywood It’s my favorite Tarantino movie. He hit me right in the feels when I saw it, and I cried my eyes out to discover that the sweet ending was as it should have been. I like living in the reality that Tarantino gave us in that movie, so hearing about Rick Dalton’s life makes me smile.