But that was the wrong way to think about it. And then the stuff that happens on the night of the murder as an epilogue. it seems like an ending to the movie, which actually was OK in the script because in the script I looked at everything that happens in February as part of a three-act structure. We were just really proud of that sequence. It was the only time-I've gotten misty-eyed every once in a while when I was shooting this scene versus that scene, but that thing, I mean, Julia was in tears every time we finished every take. I think that was probably Leo's favorite scene that he shot.
That was my favorite scene in the script.
Tarantino, who directed and wrote the 2019 period drama, explained on CinemaBlend's ReelBlendpodcast how a scene where Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) has an emotional phone conversation with his Lancer kid co-star Trudi Fraser (Julia Butters) became his favorite and why he left it out anyway: 'The idea that that wouldn't be in the movie was unfathomable. In Hollywood was two hours and 40 minutes long, but there still wasn't enough room for Quentin Tarantino's favorite scene.