Tarantino deliberately gave Margot Robbie less than five minutes of screen time in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood—and was irritated when viewers complained. He argued that a character's importance to the plot has nothing to do with how many lines they speak. Tate's brief appearance was meant to be a moment of light and happiness, not a structural anchor.
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