Why Brad Pitt says the Harvey Weinstein scandal rocked Hollywood just as much as the murders perpetrated by the Manson family

Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio spoke with The Sunday Times about Quentin Tarantino's film, Once upon a time in Hollywood, which takes place in 1969. The pair plays the main role in the film. During the interview, Pitt evoked the scandal Harvey Weinstein that shook Hollywood. He suggested that this shakes Hollywood just as much as the infamous murders of the Manson family.

Pitt thinks that the scandal Harvey Weinstein shook Hollywood just as much as the
Murder of the Manson family

Both actors were questioned about what, if anything, moved Hollywood like the Manson family's infamous murders. Pitt said, "Harvey Weinstein. Is it bad taste? It's more than I think we are recalibrating ourselves. But [this time] in the right direction."

More than 80 women came forward and charged Weinstein with several charges, including harbadment and badual badault. Among the accusers are Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, Cara Delevingne, Rose McGowan and many others.

Weinstein has been the subject of allegations ranging from rape to badual badault in October 2017 after an explosion New York Times The investigation published stories of many women in Hollywood who suffered such a fate from Weinstein.

The murders of Manson are still popular in pop culture today

DiCaprio spoke with The Sunday Times the infamous murders committed by the Manson family. He described this as a complete end of an era.

"When my parents described it, it was the end of this idealization.
revolution, "said DiCaprio." My parents are still hippies, but that's the loss
of this dream. As Quentin describes it, you describe in a way this utopia, but
is a mold around the web that has brought into play the darkness of humanity
and ended many hopes of my parents as to how they could infuse this' love and
the ideology of peace in the rest of the world. Everything crashed and it's over
so much that some people talk about it as a plot. It was the end of a whole era –
at once."

The murders took place in August 1969 when four
family members of the Manson clan broke into the house of the Roman director
Polanski and his adoring wife, Sharon Tate. Tate was an actress and eight years old and
half-month pregnant. Polanski was out of the country when it happened, and
Tate and his friends were murdered in cold blood at home.

'Once upon a time in Hollywood' claims more than $ 40 million opening on weekends