Sharon Tate's sister says Margot Robbie did 'such a damn good job' in Once Upon a Time in ... Hollywood

Margot Robbie's final performance in Once Upon a Time in ... Hollywood has earned a glowing response from Sharon Tate's sister.

Robbie in Quentin Tarantino's newest film portrays the late actress, who was murdered in 1969 by followers of Charles Manson, and although Debra Tate was supportive of the project throughout, it was only this week that she saw the finished film in its entirety. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Tate praised Robbie's performance, saying the actress did "such a damn good job" to the point that "I had Sharon back in front of me again," although it was admittedly "too short a visit."

Sharon Tate's limited role in the movie has drawn some debate, with Tarantino shutting down a question critical of Robbie's limited number of lines when the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, although the character has slightly more screen time in the version hitting theaters on Friday. Debra Tate, it seems, has mixed feelings about this, telling Vanity Fair she respects that Tarantino's vision was a film focused on Leonardo DiCaprio's Rick Dalton and Brad Pitt's Cliff Booth, even if she would have loved to see more of her sister.

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"I mean, I really wish that Quentin Tarantino would do the Sharon Tate story, and I would love to see Margot play [that]...But that was not the movie that Quentin had written, and I knew it and I understood it," Tate told Vanity Fair, adding that Tarantino did a "wonderful job" and that the way Robbie captured her sister's essence was "beautiful."

Tate had previously expressed her approval of the film after meeting with Tarantino, although she had previously been critical of Sony's plan to release the film in August on the actual 50th anniversary of Sharon's murder, which she said would have been "tacky and exploitative," per TMZ. Sony ultimately pushed the film up to its current release date of July 26.