30 Facts You Didn't Know About Django Unchained

I’m glad Jamie Foxx played Django and not Will Smith. Jamie Foxx was incredible and had great synergy with Christoph Waltz, they were a dynamic duo

Damn Tarantino really dodged a bullet by Will Smith turning down the role. Movie would not have been half has good with him as Django.

Schultz's part in the movie was absolutely brilliant & was my favorite part about the whole thing. The way he helped Django throughout the movie & the way he almost looked up to him like a son was so heartwarming for me. I am so glad they wrote the character that way.

Christoph waltz is one of my favorite actors. I believe he is underrated as well. He has his own swag and it’s masculine and beautiful all together. He’s art.

I want nothing more than a 4 hour cut of this movie

I feel the success of the Django character was that he was a strong, silent type who only spoke when absolutely necessary. Will Smith in this role would not have been a good fit because I'm sure he would have wanted rewrites to give him more dialogue and humorous quips. Casting was perfect. Jamie nailed it.

As a masterful magician QT is I’m surprised he wanted Will to play Django. Will acts with a sort of goofy over confident humour that wouldn’t have worked. Jamie absolutely nailed the role, 10/10, unbeatable. And Kerry Washington - mind blowing performance. The entire cast put on the performance of a lifetime that had me in awe of the power of acting🤘

I’m convinced that is Tarantino’s favorite line because of Leo’s performance and sacrifice in that scene (the sacrifice being, him being able to hold character even when he truly shattered glass into his own hand when smashing the table)

Who else is pleasantly surprised that Will Smith didn’t get the role as Django. I don’t think anyone could have killed it as well as Jamie Foxx.

I was told by a friend of Zoe's the reason for all the cuts and delays and walk offs in shooting was Leonardo DiCaprio was slaying improv so hard that Tarantino just wouldn't stop extending those shooting days. It is what is is. No denying something special happened in the DiCaprio Tarantino chemistry.

I still think its absolutely criminal that Leo didn't win an Oscar for this movie. He's much better here than in The Revenant.

Let's be real Di caprio and foxx along with the rest of the cast just was perfect they really brought this movie to life!!

Jamie Foxx is from my hometown in Terrell, Texas. He competed and worked professionally at rodeos. He holds some of the top rodeo titles and was inducted to the Texas Rodeo Hall of Fame in Ft. Worth.

You missed an important one: Django’s outfits changed throughout the movie progressively to end in him in a burgundy coat, where he famously told Samuel Jackson’s character “Steven, how you like me, man? You know for a while, I didn’t know Burgundy was my color…”. The significance of that line is that Django was never allowed to pick his clothes so he didn’t know what matched with his complexion.. but going deeper, he was never allowed to make his own decisions and take charge of his life, so he didn’t know his true purpose. All the changes in outfits are symbolic of his search for his true self/identity and purpose. So when he told Steven he didn’t know burgundy was his color while Steven is wearing a white shirt, it’s a snub at Steven who is a black man for not knowing his color isn’t white.

Thank god Will Smith didn’t accept to play Django.

I’m glad he says that the first Django-Stephen interaction is pure comedy, it is. I laughed so hard during that scene.

I believe this movie is definitely underrated. It had the perfect music for the mood, great acting, over the top violence and it gave slavery a middle finger. What's not to love about this film?! This movie is definitely on my top 3 list.

Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio and Christoph Waltz all bringing their A Game. That is the recipe for a great movie!

Leo NEVER fails...... I can understand why he had a problem saying racial slurs because that's not his true character but Quentin pushed him to the point of giving literally a POWERHOUSE performance and this rings true about naturally cool actors/actresses: they usually play villainous roles the best because their true nature is far from the character themselves. I'm sure Leo took a much needed mental and spiritual rest after the filming was done. Overall, BRILLIANT masterpiece!

Everything about this movie was amazing on another level..... even the soundtrack.....again; on another level.