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Samuel L Jackson confirmed for Tarantino's Django Unchained

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lightless_shado

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Veidt said:
Will Smith would have been better fit for Django.
Jamie Foxx is just not convincing enough for me.
Unless he loses weight, I don't see him doing it for me.
Don Cheadle is Django. Tarantino done goofed up on that one.
heck, even Chris Rock could probably have done a good job.
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This is a problem. Too many people immediately jump to established actors. Do you know who he could have approached instead of any of those actors?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1107001/
 
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Jonm1010

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I would have preferred Idris Elba - or even Will Smith - but I think Foxx will do fine.

He was good in Collateral and if he can keep his tone and demeanor at that level and not go all diva Foxx with his performance he'll do just fine. Other than Eli Roth I cant think of a miscasting from Tarantino in a significant role.
 
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harSon

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Ether_Snake said:
He is not a good actor. He will play the role of Jamie Foxx traveling back in time.

It's a shame people say he is a good actor. It shows how few black actors there actually are in Hollywood if people think that. When you remove the comics and the rappers, there's an absurdly small number of black actors. Jamie Foxx is just a marketing tool, just a face. At least Jackson can act. They might always give him expressive roles, but he can act.
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I agree with the statement that there are far to little black actors in Hollywood, but what in the fuck does his skin color have to do with anything? We call him a good actor because when given a good role, he has proven that he can act. End of story, it has absolutely nothing to do with people trying to prop him up in a minority deprived industry. That statement is honestly stupid.
 
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Veidt

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lightless_shado said:
This is a problem. Too many people immediately jump to established actors. Do you know who he could have approached instead of any of those actors?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1107001/
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+1 for Mackie.
Dude did a killer Pac, and also was the best thing about Hurt Locker.
 
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harSon

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Veidt said:
+1 for Mackie.
Dude did a killer Pac, and also was the best thing about Hurt Locker.
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His Tupac was hot garbage...

He's been damned good in everything else I've seen him in though.
 
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lightless_shado

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Ken Masters said:
he's just the new "hot face" in hollywood, jumping on his bandwagon is just as bad
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No, it really isn't. He's a new guy and he's proven that he can act. He should be given a chance. Big name director's aren't exactly rushing after him like they are more established actors. When you think of a black actor and a white actor it shouldn't be hard for you to name relatively young black actors with skill that have been in decent movies. A movie by a director like this could really boost the worth of someone like Anthony Mackie, Lee Thompson Young or Tay Diggs
 
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GhettoGamer

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Nice, I was just watching Jungle Fever, Sam had me rolling playing Gator. "I smoked the damn tv, ima a crackhead thats what I do"
 
Blackace

Blackace

if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
overcast said:
I like the Samuel L. Jackson part.

Not a fan of the Fox casting. I would have preferred Will Smith to be honest.
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you silly...

still I think Stringer Bell would have been the way to go...

also have you seen you rest of the cast omfg..

Leonardo DiCaprio ... Calvin Candie
Kevin Costner ... Ace Woody (rumored)
Christoph Waltz ... Dr. King Schultz
 
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AgentChris

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They chose wrong. Idris Elba should have been the star of this not Jamie Foxx.
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JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
I can't believe the first reply wasn't bish's avatar. You're slipping, GAF.
 
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ThisWreckage

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I hate the casting. I'm sick of seeing Leo in every movie. Scorsese had a major man crush on him, then Nolan casts him in his dream project, and now he's attached to a Tarantino project. The Foxx casting is terrible. I can imagine QT running into Foxx at some party, they beginning talking, and QT offers him the part without even having him do a reading of the script.

Besides, I've really soured on Tarantino in recent years. Inglourious Basterds was fine, but boring in places. I was actually disappointed in it overall. I absolutely loathed Death Proof.
 
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Acid08

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Wario64 said:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118042803?categoryid=13&cs=1&cmpid=RSS|News|LatestNews&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Samuel Jackson locked to 'Django Unchained'
'Pulp Fiction' thesp re-uniting with Quentin Tarantino for fifth time
By Dave McNary


Samuel L. Jackson is confirmed for "Django Unchained," re-uniting with Quentin Tarantino for the fifth time.

Jackson had been expected for some time to play Stephen, a house slave and the right-hand man of a sadistic slavemaster. Thesp's publicist confirmed his attachment Tuesday.

He'll be busy in the meantime: The "Pulp Fiction" star opens in mid-October on Broadway in "The Mountaintop," portraying Martin Luther King, Jr., opposite Angela Bassett. The play runs until mid-January and he'll join the "Django" production immediately thereafter in New Orleans.

Jamie Foxx is expected to star in "Django Unchained" in the title role of Django, a freed slave who teams with a German bounty hunter to take on an evil plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio) to retrieve his long-lost love.

The Weinstein Co. will distribute the pic Stateside; Sony Pictures will handle the release overseas.

Jackson is repped by ICM.
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Seriously, only one of other person has commented on this? What the fuck is even going on?
 
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Kentpaul

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can't wait to see Jamie Foxx's same hairstyle again, i wonder if his hairline has moved forward or back since his last movie
 
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Dabanton

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Enco said:
This.

Not a fan of Sam L. He pretty much always plays an angry stereotypical black guy. Not cool.
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?

You do know his role in this right? He'll be playing seriously against type here the character is described as

the Basil Rathbone of house niggers
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Which is absolutely hilarious, as it describes his role in the movie perfectly.
 
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Enco

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Dabanton said:
?

You do know his role in this right? He'll be playing seriously against type here the character is described as

Which is absolutely hilarious, as it describes his role in the movie perfectly.
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I'll have to wait and see before I judge I guess.

I was just saying I'm not a fan from what I've seen of him so far.
 
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Tr4nce

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Hehehe, awesome. I think Samuel L Jackson is always at his best, when he plays in Tarantino movies. He's so funny in 'Jacky Brown'.

'Shit, Jackie. You come in this place on Saturday night I bet you need nigger repellant to keep motherfuckers off your ass.'
 
Blackace

Blackace

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Tr4nce said:
Hehehe, awesome. I think Samuel L Jackson is always at his best, when he plays in Tarantino movies. He's so funny in 'Jacky Brown'.

'Shit, Jackie. You come in this place on Saturday night I bet you need nigger repellant to keep motherfuckers off your ass.'
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Yeah.. That's not how he said it son..
 
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TheKaeptain

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MKW: Well I don’t know in the next year, but my film plate is getting a little full. I recently booked a role in an upcoming film called SNITCH with The Rock and Susan Sarandon. I am in huge discussions again with QT, as I call him. [Laughs] You might know him better as Quentin Tarantino. We were talking about another role for DJANGO UNCHAINED, and I’m getting a lot of heat from this remake of an old film called SPARKLE.

Capone: Oh? I’ve heard about this remake actually. With Whitney Houston.

MKW: I’m getting a lot of heat from that. So my movie plate is starting to fill up.

Capone: So the Tarantino thing, that’s a maybe?

MKW: I’m going to dare to say it’s going to go. Not the lead role…

Capone: Well yeah, because it’s Jamie Foxx, right.

MKW: Jamie Foxx, but from what I understand, he wrote a role for me. So take that Mr. Foxx! [Laughs] Actually it came down to Jamie and I.

Capone: Did it really?

MKW: It came down to Jamie and I for Django, and he was gracious enough to call me and tell me that “Jamie was his nigger.”

[Both Laugh]

MKW: (In a sad voice) “I’m not going to be your slave? I’m not going to be your house nigger?!” [laughs] What a person to lose to. I am really excited to be working with him. Yeah, and Will Smith expressed some interest, but it came down to Jamie Foxx and I, like QT told me this personally out of his mouth over lunch.

Capone: So he wrote this other part for you, because he couldn’t cast you as the lead?

MKW: I don’t know what his reasons were, but once again, I do not look a gift horse in the mouth.

Capone: Sure. Do you know anything about the part?

MKW: Absolutely not. I can’t right now. I do know, but I wont right now.

Capone: Okay. His scripts tend to get out there pretty early on in the process.

MKW: Yeah. I want to let him finish putting his tailoring touch on it, but his people are talking to my people.

Capone: Okay. That’s great. Did he give you any timeline on when shooting starts?

MKW: Yes, I’ve been given a timeline. January through April. I’ve been given some dates when he’s going to want me to work, but I haven’t gotten the official word yet.

Capone: Yeah, but still a timeline is a good sign.

MKW: We like timelines. Yes, timelines are good.
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So who can he play? From the link obviously.
 
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FutureZombie

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krypt0nian said:
There's a good chance he's just going to play Sam Jackson again. Actually, you can bet on it. He has zero range.
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Untrue. He has range. He plays very different characters in The Caveman's Valentine and Jurassic Park just to name a couple films.
 
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Sol..

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krypt0nian said:
There's a good chance he's just going to play Sam Jackson again. Actually, you can bet on it. He has zero range.
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Unless he's gonna be narrating again it would be pretty weird if he just did Samuel Jackson.
 
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