Quentin Tarantinois opening up about fatherhood.
“Wealmost didn’t name him thatbecause people would assume I named him afterLeonardo DiCaprio,” the director said. “There’s nothing wrong with that, but … he’s named after my wife’s grandfather, but also because, just in our hearts, he was our little lion.”
“So he’s a lion. That’s how we thought about him,” the Oscar winner added, who also discussed hissoon-to-be-released novelizationofOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodon the show.
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Leonardo DiCaprio inDjango Unchained(L) andOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood.The Weinstein Company; Sony Pictures
Tarantino, his wifeDaniellaand their son are currently living in Tel Aviv, Israel — and the location has seemingly inspired Leo’s speech.
“He’s talking — they’re not necessarily words, but he makes himself understood,” the director said. “He can only say one word and that is ‘abba,’ which is the Hebrew word for ‘dada.’ And a third of the time, he means me.”
When Kimmel, 53, jokingly asked how soon it would be before Leowas “saying the F-word”(an expletive used liberally in many of his guest’s films), Tarantino joked with a laugh, “As soon as possible.”
Quentin Tarantino.Jimmy Kimmel/YouTube
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“Daniella and Quentin Tarantino are happy to announce the birth of their first child,” the filmmaker’s rep said in a statement toTMZandE! News.
Tarantino and Daniella, who is the daughter of Israeli singer-songwriter Tzvika Pick, first met in 2009 while the director was in Israel promoting his filmInglourious Basterds.
The couplegot engagedin June 2017, andmarried in November 2018during an intimate Los Angeles ceremony.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novelis out Tuesday, but available for preorder now onamazon.com.
source: people.com
