Will Smith said he was offered the part of “Django” in the Quentin Tarantino movie, but turned it down because it didn’t feel it was the lead and didn’t want to play second to Christoph Waltz. He also worried that people would see him in the costume and think it was a sequel to “Wild Wild West”.
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ecupirate
March 26, 2013 at 7:43 am
Why didn’t he tell the real reasons, he did not want to be in a good movie, QT would not let him make a shitty rap song to go with the movie and QT would not let his kids play in the film.
SarahMcPants
March 26, 2013 at 7:47 am
@ecupirate and Tom Cruise wouldnt let him.
Morgan McNasty
March 26, 2013 at 8:21 am
@ecupirate lol
Pool Keepers Son
March 26, 2013 at 10:14 am
@ecupirate Dont kid yourself. Tarantino would have taken the whole smith family including Bubba
Fred-MBDW
March 26, 2013 at 8:01 am
DJ Jazzy Jeff was hoping to get the lead role, but sadly he was turned down.
stoogemcclassy
March 26, 2013 at 8:30 am
@Fred-MBDW he wanted to be the doctor. He couldve been thrown physically out of the plantation when dicaprio got angry.
Drippy Granny
March 26, 2013 at 11:18 am
He(DJ Jazzy Jeff) would’ve been perfect for the role of the guy getting torn apart by the dogs… I think that was an oversight by Tarantino @Fred-MBDW
Morgan McNasty
March 26, 2013 at 8:22 am
I heard he didn’t get the part because he isn’t black.
FLprodivider66
March 26, 2013 at 8:26 am
Uppity N-Word
AnthonyLoman
March 26, 2013 at 8:35 am
Lord Xenu wants him to focus his energies on MIB4
lickballs
March 26, 2013 at 8:42 am
Also, I wasn’t psyched about being in a horrifically racist pile of cocaine feuled shit.
Binary Daoist
March 26, 2013 at 8:57 am
Thank you Will.
Aria Taint
March 26, 2013 at 9:03 am
Go back to West Philadelphia where you were born and raised.
HummusMagnate
March 26, 2013 at 9:10 am
…OK?
MonsterRain
March 26, 2013 at 9:11 am
He would have been fucking AWFUL in it, anyway.
Rich the fireman
March 26, 2013 at 9:37 am
He is however playing the lead in Blazing Saddles II as Bart the sheriff
CamfromToronto
March 26, 2013 at 9:44 am
I think Eddie Murphy 2.0 is really on to something here…
Philosaraptor
March 26, 2013 at 9:49 am
Soooooo glad the Fresh Prince didn’t ruin Django!
eddietirebiter
March 26, 2013 at 9:59 am
Sounds like good thinking.
K Dubya
March 26, 2013 at 10:32 am
Enough with the hate. I bet he would have been good in it. I mean we are talking about a part played by Jammie Fox. Fox and Will Smith aren’t all that different. Let’s not act like Jammie Fox had a stellar resume before Django…
jayjohnstone
March 26, 2013 at 12:34 pm
@K Dubya yeah but will smith is a cracka ass cracka
Tacoshack27
March 26, 2013 at 10:56 am
He wouldn’t have been a good choice anyway. Glad he passed.
Roadrash Hicks
March 26, 2013 at 10:57 am
Actually it was because QT didn’t have parts for Jaden and Willow.
RonsCigar
March 26, 2013 at 11:31 am
@Roadrash Hicks I whip my…whip back and forth!
JonNockels
March 26, 2013 at 11:08 am
Do you think his parents would mind if he took that horse? Nah..of course they wouldn’t.
ImUrHuckleberry
March 26, 2013 at 11:09 am
Will Smith is an English Cigarette.
JonNockels
March 26, 2013 at 11:11 am
Do you think his parents would mind if he took that horse for a ride? Nah..of course they wouldn’t.
joe8775
March 26, 2013 at 11:15 am
http://youtu.be/wQjDSlVyGiU
guessing it wasnt family friendly enough for him
WolfgangFreyjaFrigault
March 26, 2013 at 11:22 am
So i guess Big Willie feels Brad Pitt played second to Christoph in Basterds. Has he ever seen a Tarantino movie? Mostly they’re ensemble pieces, not a focus on who is the prettiest pony in the spotlight.
bmqq316
March 26, 2013 at 11:31 am
I’ve got nothing against Will Smith…but if your turning down a good script because you feel like your character should be the lead…you admit that in a public interview after people have seen the final product…and it was as good as this movie was…that’s just ego…& you sound like a dick.
Ziggy Stardust
March 26, 2013 at 11:51 am
Wow, what’s the last movie he was in ? Yeah, I can’t remember either. Keep ’em guessing Will.
CamfromToronto
March 26, 2013 at 12:51 pm
@Ziggy Stardust You’d like to think that at some point the fact that Smith’s films are so utterly forgettable will be something he wants to do something about.
Iknowyoujj
March 26, 2013 at 12:01 pm
I call BS on his statement, the role and script was too raw for his resume’, that’s the real reason.. quentin rocks!
Stilltryingregardless
March 26, 2013 at 12:15 pm
This from the person that also turned down starring in the american version of the korean classic OLDBOY. Please, he’s way too safe for that movie. He turned this down, but jumped at the chance to be in six degrees of separation.
jayjohnstone
March 26, 2013 at 12:32 pm
It would be an insult to african americans everywhere,having a white actor play a black character.
speedscu
March 26, 2013 at 1:47 pm
Quentin probably wouldn’t write his kids into the film, so this was his excuse to turn it down……
Iknowyoujj
March 26, 2013 at 1:52 pm
The fact is he just wasn’t “jiggy with it”..
fezitorium
March 26, 2013 at 4:21 pm
@Iknowyoujj Well then Bienvenido a Mediocrity, Mr. Smith!
Beer
March 26, 2013 at 1:53 pm
They should have got mc hammer…will work for food
nullzero00
March 26, 2013 at 2:14 pm
Let’s be honest – he didn’t take it because Tarantino wouldn’t write any ‘shuck & jive’ lines that Smith is famous for. You would think that Smith would want to take a script where he didn’t come across as a hollywood shill-bag.
Captain Geech
March 26, 2013 at 2:34 pm
He’s made it this far on playing nothing but the Fresh Prince. Why rock the boat.
TheDonCarpenter
March 26, 2013 at 2:48 pm
Fez is absolutely right here. It’s not a Will Smith kind of movie.
SpeedKills
March 26, 2013 at 3:01 pm
If he would have done it and done it right (which I don’t think Tarantino would have allowed it to be bad) It would have easily been the best movie on his resume, past, present and future. Look at what Pulp Fiction was for Travolta and I’ve heard he wanted to turn that down and someone finally talked some sense into him. These guys are pure ego and just think that they are golden no matter what. Travolta and Will Smiths resumes are similar, pretty much all mainstream garbage, at least Foxx had Collateral and Ray and now Django.
fezitorium
March 26, 2013 at 4:19 pm
@SpeedKills Excellent points, sir! He would have kept him from grossly over acting a la Seven Pounds.
AndrewMorris1
March 26, 2013 at 3:06 pm
Wait Django wasn’t a sequle to Wild Wild West…wow totally fooled me Will.
crazygeek
March 26, 2013 at 3:27 pm
No one wanted his shitty ass in the movie.
Moe Green
March 26, 2013 at 6:33 pm
No chance for action figures.