Aussie actor, Damon Herriman, is set to play Charles Manson in Tarantino’s new flick

AN Adelaide actor has secured the role of a lifetime, joining Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt in Quentin Tarantino’s new movie.

THE cast of Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood keeps growing.

Australia’s own Damon Herriman, along with Rumer Willis and Margaret Qualley, join the already star-studded cast of the film, which focuses on Los Angeles in 1969, as confirmed by Page Six.

Aussie actor Damon Herriman. Picture: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images

Charles Manson in 1969.

Herriman, who has appeared in Quarry and the FX series Justified, will play Charles Manson, while Willis will portray British actress Joanna Pettet and Qualley plays a character named Kitty Kat.

Dreama Walker (Connie Stevens), Costa Ronin (Voytek Frykowski), Madisen Beaty (Katie) and Victoria Pedretti (Lulu) have also been announced as members of the cast.

The Quentin Tarantino film follows western actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) making their way through Hollywood in 1969.

Leonardo and Brad in character. Picture: Sony

The new cast members join Margot Robbie, Timothy Olyphant, Luke Perry, Damian Lewis, Dakota Fanning, Al Pacino, Emile Hirsch and most recently announced Lena Dunham and Maya Hawke.

Margot Robbie shares the first photo of herself as Sharon Tate in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Photo: Instagram / @margotrobbie

This story originally appeared on the New York Post and is republished with permission