--- title: Best Memes From Brad Pitt and Leo DiCaprio Tarantino Poster description: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood movie poster featuring Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio in throwback attire is here and so are the memes. canonical: https://time.com/5553618/brad-pitt-leo-dicaprio-movie-poster-jokes/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-18T16:32:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:09.097Z og:title: These Leo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt Poster Memes Are Too Fun og:description: Everyone's making massive improvements to the poster for the upcoming Quentin Tarantino film og:url: https://time.com/5553618/brad-pitt-leo-dicaprio-movie-poster-jokes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltafba4381e4d7a30d/698946d4457a52826cd60b52/onceuponatimeinhollywoodpostermemes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4799 og:image:height: 2699 og:image:alt: "Once Upon a Time In Hollywood" Filming og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Leo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt Poster Memes Are Too Fun twitter:description: Everyone's making massive improvements to the poster for the upcoming Quentin Tarantino film twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltafba4381e4d7a30d/698946d4457a52826cd60b52/onceuponatimeinhollywoodpostermemes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio Are in a New Movie Poster Together and the Memes Are Gold > Sponsored content. 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Actor Brad Pitt driving a vintage Volkswagen while filming "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" on Hollywood Boulevard on October 22, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Stephen Albanese—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Mar 18, 2019 4:32 PM UTC Put Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt in throwback threads together and it will make for easy meme-ing. Monday morning was especially happy for pop culture fans thanks to the teaser poster dropped to hype up fans in the months leading up to Quentin Tarantino’s highly anticipated flick starring [Pitt](http://time.com/5478745/amy-adams-brad-pitt/) and human meme machine [DiCaprio](http://time.com/4298225/leonardo-dicaprio-2016-time-100/). In _Once Upon a Time in Hollywood_, Pitt and DiCaprio play two buddies striving for greatness in 1969 Los Angeles. DiCaprio plays Rick Dalton a _former_ (operative word, former) star of a western TV show, while Pitt plays his trusty longtime stunt double, Cliff Booth. For the image, the two throwback heartthrobs struck poses next to a car against a sun-saturated vintage Hollywood backdrop. Confidence is oozed. Clearly, this dynamic duo is already onto something because the remixes popping up from people feel both humorous and reverent. > [](https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/1107659184651284482) Photoshop-savvy social media users quickly began dedicating themselves to new and improved posters. The format caught on as the takes rolled in at full force across Twitter, with cutouts galore. Few actors can challenge Leonardo DiCaprio as meme inspiration. He’s among our most Photoshop-friendly celebrities. See exhibits A-Z — from him playing with a water gun or raising a glass in _The Great Gatsby —_ which all served to cement DiCaprio’s status as one of the most highly meme-able stars of our time. The movie stars a murderer’s row of talent including Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate —Charlie Mason’s infamous victim — as well as Al Pacino, Dakota Fanning, and the late Luke Perry. It’s due to hit theaters in July. The internet did not wait to come up with a more iconic duo. From _Weekend at Bernie’s_ to _Dude, Where’s My Car?_ here are the best transformations of the _Once Upon a Time_ _in Hollywood_ poster. > [](https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/1107659184651284482) > [](https://twitter.com/mikeryan/status/1107661606647791616) > [](https://twitter.com/McHenryJD/status/1107627786116784128) > [](https://twitter.com/TomButler/status/1107638045627564035) > [](https://twitter.com/madmenpics/status/1107646820069621762) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] Guys with the show voice had a really good strong core group and continue to have it to this day. 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