Jamie Foxx has been cast to play a freed slave in Tarantino's movie,
Django Unchained. According to
OMG!, Foxx's character will be looking for his lost love from (here's a stretch) a white dude that owns a plantation. Leonardo DiCaprio will be playing the role of plantation owner, Calvin Candie. Samuel L. Jackson also stars as a slave of Candie's. Even though Candie's last name isn't spelled like the "candy" you eat, it sounds the same. I'm wondering how "sweet" this character is going to be...being a slave owner and all. We'll have to see.
Foxx is quoted as saying, "I think, just to be able to work with Quentin Tarantino and Samuel Jackson, Leonardo DiCaprio, and to be able to tell a story that needs to be told," Foxx told CNN, explaining why he took the role. "If you're a fan of, I mean, you know. It's just amazing."
Broomhilda is the name of Jamie's love interest and has not yet been cast. There have been some rumblings that Kerry Washington will fill those slave feet.
According to
Variety, Quentin inititally asked Will Smith but he was like, no. Then Terrence Howard, Chris Tucker and Idris Elba were also asked before the role went to Foxx.
Be on the lookout for this "slave hit" Christmas Day 2012. How joyous.
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