Keyword: [Christoph Waltz ]: Will Smith Turned Down Lead in ‘Django Unchained’

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Keywords News : Christoph Waltz - News from Yahoo !   Will Smith Explains Turning Down Django Unchained: 'I Need To Be The Lead' Mon, 25 Mar, 2013 10:41 AM PDT Will Smith is not keen on playing a supporting character - even if it means getting to work with Oscar winners Christoph Waltz and Quentin Tarantino. Continue reading

Keywords News : Christoph Waltz - News from other sources.   Will Smith Turned Down Lead in 'Django Unchained' Mon, 25 Mar, 2013 01:25 PM PDT *Will Smith was initially rumored to be in talks for the role of Django when production began in 2011 on Quentin Tarantino's slavery-era film "Django Unchained," but the part eventually went to Jamie Foxx. Smith has now confirmed that he was offered the part first, but rejected it over concerns Christoph Continue reading Why Will Smith Didn't Do 'Django Unchained' Mon, 25 Mar, 2013 11:05 AM PDT Will Smith has revealed a main reason why he turned down the role of Django in "Django Unchained." To hear him tell it, it's because Django wouldn't be the lead role in the movie. "Django wasn't the lead, so it was like, I need to be the lead. The other character [Christoph Waltz's Oscar-winning... Continue reading Will Smith Turned Down 'Django Unchained' Because He Wouldn't Be The Lead Mon, 25 Mar, 2013 10:37 AM PDT There's a really good reason Will Smith turned down the role that eventually went to Jamie Foxx in "Django Unchained." Smith told Entertainment Weekly he didn't return to the West in The Weinstein Company's film because he didn't want to play second fiddle to Oscar winner Christoph Waltz. Continue reading Will Smith Turned Down Django Unchained Role Because He Wasn't Going To Play The Lead Mon, 25 Mar, 2013 09:50 AM PDT Will Smith  says he turned down the title role in the Oscar-nominated  Django Unchained  because it "wasn't the lead." Director  Quentin Tarantino originally had his sights set on Smith to play Django, a slave who enacts revenge while trying to rescue his wife. But the actor says he passed on the part because... Continue reading

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