DiCaprio To Slave (Driver) Away For Tarantino’s ‘Django’?

Geoffrey Golden — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:54:38 +0000

Though the possibility has gotten more remote, Will Smith could be returning to the wild wild west as the lead in Quentin Tarantino‘s new spaghetti western Django Unchained. Meanwhile, Leonardo DiCaprio is now in actual talks to play the lead villain. Between Tarantino, Smith and DiCaprio, that’d be one heckuva posse.

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DiCaprio might play Calvin Candie, the ruthless Candyland ranch owner, who pits male slaves against one another in battles to the death and offers up the female slaves for sexual abuse. Man, that guy could use a big dose of vitamin comeuppance. Freed slave Django must come to his captive wife’s rescue. Smith is on the top of Tarantino’s list for Django, though Jamie Foxx, Idris Elba and Chris Tucker (really?) are also possibilities. Christoph Waltz and Samuel L. Jackson are also expected to join the cast in major roles.

Tarantino almost nabbed DiCaprio for Landa in Inglorious Basterds, as the actor was interested in the role early on. The talks didn’t pan out that time, but perhaps second time’s a charm? (Deadline)

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Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Looks like reports of Harvey Weinstein demanding Quentin Tarantino cut 40 minutes out of Inglorious Basterds were premature. GQ caught up with Harvey at a cocaine buffet and he had this to say:

"Come on, there’s sh*t on that cutting-room floor that’ll blow your brains out. I was telling Quentin the opposite—’You should put that sh*t back in the movie… I’m praying he puts that sh*t back in, ‘cause it’s un-f*cking-believably great."

So, there you have it. The sh*t stays in the picture.

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DiCaprio To Slave (Driver) Away For Tarantino’s ‘Django’?

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