Published 16:57 IST, April 9th 2020
Leonardo DiCaprio's 'Django Unchained' has interesting facts that one cannot miss; Read
Leonardo DiCaprio's Django Unchained is one of the most successful films of the actor. Read more to know some interesting facts about the movie.
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Leonardo DiCaprio’s Django Unchained released in year 2012. American revisionist western film was written and directed by Quentin Taranti. movie had a stellar star cast of Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington and Samuel L. Jackson with Walton Goggins, Dennis Christopher, James Remar, Michael Parks, and Don Johnson in supporting roles.
movie also had a cameo appearance by 1966 film Django star Franco Nero. It was made out of a budget of $100 million and went on to gross around $425 million.
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Here is some interesting trivia about Django Unchained according to IMDb:
- Leonardo DiCaprio accidentally crushed a small stemmed glass with his palm in one of scenes when he smashes his hand on dinner table. After this unfortunate incident, his palm began to bleed but Leonardo igred it and stayed in character and continued scene. Director Taranti got very impressed with this and used same take in final print of film. When he called cut, room erupted in a standing ovation for Leonardo DiCaprio.
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- Leonardo DiCaprio was very uncomfortable with character being explicitly racist. Quentin Taranti convinced him to be as menacing as possible.
- In Django Unchained, Jamie Foxx has used his own horse, Cheetah. He had gotten horse four years prior as a birthday present.
- Django Unchained was shot in 130 days. It was longest shooting schedule of Quentin Taranti for a single film.
- According to Quentin Taranti, Calvin J. Candie is only character he has ever created that he despises.
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- Christoph Waltz won an Academy Award for Best Actor in a supporting role. He concluded his Oscar acceptance speech by saying, “sorry, couldn't resist”. This was done as a reference to his character’s final line on screen, “I’m sorry. I couldn’t resist.”
16:57 IST, April 9th 2020