Do you know Will Smith 'turned down' 'Django Unchained'? Here's why

Willard Smith Jr., commonly kwn as Will Smith, is one of most celebrated American actors and rappers. Will Smith has won four Grammy Awards and has been ackwledged as " most powerful actor in Hollywood" by Newsweek. Will Smith movies like Ali, Pursuit of Happyness, and more, have proved actor’s versatility in industry. Fans will be surprised to kw that actor was originally offered Django Unchained, but he turned it down. It was n when Django Unchained makers cast Jamie Foxx as le character. Re furr ahe to kw about why Will Smith turned down offer and more.

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Will Smith was offered Django Unchained?

According to reports from Guardian, Will Smith h revealed that he turned down critically acclaimed director, Quentin Taranti's thriller drama Django Unchained because Will Smith felt that actor was t being asked to play "le role". Even though he was rumoured to be in this movie initially, Jamie Foxx ultimately played character of Django. In fact, re were even hints in press that Will Smith was very uncomfortable with movie's combination of "anti-slavery polemic and blood-soaked violence". w, actor has mentioned that he felt that character of dentist-turned-bounty hunter Dr King Schultz was actually real main character of Django Unchanged. In film, it is character of Schultz (played by an Oscar-winning Christoph Waltz) who finally takes out Leonardo DiCaprio's sneering Francophile plantation owner, Calvin Candie.

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According to reports from Entertainment Weekly, while promoting Smith's new science fiction film After Earth, Will Smith h said that Django wasn't le and he needs to be le. He said that  or character was le and he said, ", Quentin, please, I need to kill b guy". Will Smith also ded that he enjoyed movie, for which Christoph Waltz won Oscar Award for Best Supporting Actor. Will Smith thought it was brilliant, but just t for him.

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Django Unchained turned out to be Quentin Taranti's biggest ever box office hit. According to reports from Guardian,  movie grossed a hugely impressive $413m (£271m) worldwide. movie was minated for five Oscars and moviemaker also took home prize for best original screenplay.

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