Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 3:18AM Tarantino Chooses Jamie Foxx for 'Django Unchained' Lead?
It has been stated recently that Leonardo DiCaprio was cast in Django Unchained, the latest Tarantino film, as the main villain. The problem was, who was going to play the titular character? Will Smith was in negotiations to star but it seems as though he passed on the role. Now a new name has surfaced for the role of Django, the multi-talented Jamie Foxx.
Jeff Goldsmith, a blogger who has close inside sources, tweeted "Will Smith is out! Inside sources tell me that Tarantino has chosen Oscar winner @iamjamiefoxx to play Django!" While tweeting may not the the most legit news source, this particular tweet is more credible than you might think. However, Goldsmith stated,mere hours before the aforementioned tweet, that Idris Elba landed the lead in Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rift.
Idris, who is a very talented actor (He's superb to watch on Luther, which can be seen on the Netflix instant queue) was also in the running for Django along with Chris Tucker. It would've been interesting to see Tucker in this role. Tarantino knows how to get the best out of each actor he works with and even prevented Jon Travolta from entering film actors limbo, which Tucker is in right now. Foxx is magnificent in any role he plays whether it was Ray Charles or Det. Tubbs or even Wanda. This is a film I would mark my calendar for.
Django Unchained is starring Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Christoph Waltz and is slated to be released Christmas Day 2012.
Reader Comments (4)
Let's hope it's better than the Miike's Japanese namesake... it was hard to watch, and I'm a big fan of both directors.
Foxx was also very underrated in Collateral.
Chris Tucker's situation is his own fault. He said some years ago that he was only going to do Rush Hour movies, and because of this, we only see him on screen once in a blue moon.
Before he embarked on his self imposed "semi" retirement however, Tucker appeared in Tarantino's Jackie Brown as Livingston Beumont, a character that represented Tucker at his pea-nuttiest. So, Sam Jackson's Ordelle Robbie promptly disposes of him by firing off several rounds into the back of a trunk.
Though I'm sure that the Rush Hour money is starting to dry up a little, I can only handle Chris Tucker in small doses. Perhaps Tarantino can resurrect Tucker's career with a juicy part like this.But personally, I'd like to see his career stay dead in the back of a trunk in a car driving away to the sounds of the Delphonics.
Happy Self Imposed Retirement!
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