“I don’t take it seriously,” Tarantino said in an interview with GQ magazine earlier this month, although the publication did note that the director gave off “a sigh of disappointment that we would even think to ask such a thing.”

“There’s a lot of feet in a lot of good directors’ movies,” Tarantino said. “That’s just good direction. Like, before me, the person foot fetishism was defined by was Luis Buñuel, another film director. And Hitchcock was accused of it, and Sofia Coppola has been accused of it.” Related Quentin Tarantino Confirms ‘Inglourious Basterds’ Role Was Written for Adam Sandler Jean-Luc Godard Told His ‘King Lear’ Star Molly Ringwald He Didn’t Like ‘Pulp Fiction’: ‘Not Authentic’ Related Oscars 2023: Best Documentary Feature Predictions Oscars 2023: Best Visual Effects Predictions
While accepting the award for Best Supporting Actor at the 2020 Screen Actors Guild, Tarantino’s “Hollywood” star Brad Pitt humorously roasted the director for his foot shots. “I want to thank my co-stars,” Pitt said before rattling off the following list: Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Margot Robbie’s feet, Margaret Qualley’s feet, Dakota Fanning’s feet. “Quentin has separated more women from their shoes than the TSA,” he concluded. Tarantino has been making the press rounds since the summer in support of his debut novel, an adaptation of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” IndieWire’s Christian Blauvelt named the book an official Critic’s Pick, writing that Tarantino’s purpose “is to make people fall in love with swaths of pop culture that are continually undersung, and when he does express that love in this book, it’s contagious. His prose shimmers. We all know that not everything that glitters in Hollywood is gold. But like the soft, comforting light that emanates from your TV, Hollywood and its stories, even when they’re upsetting, sure can glow.” As for Tarantino’s next movie, the director has yet to reveal how he plans to follow “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” All the director has said is that he’s sticking with his plan to retire from directing after his 10th movie, which will be his next. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.