Tarantino has removed characters from his films after the actors’ refusal to give them life
Many actors did not participate in ‘Django Unchained’ despite the director’s personal request
Some have rejected their roles due to the impossibility of adjusting their agendas, others do not share the desire for revenge or the aggressiveness of their films
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Many of the films of Quentin Tarantino they are part of the history of cinema. His filmography has marked a milestone for its originality, the impossible shots, the music, the script, the plot, the violence and the blood. constant or exploding. Believe it or not, there are celebrities who have resisted him. In Uppers we are going to reveal you which actors refused to work with Quentin Tarantino. We do not know if they have repented and if it will be too late.
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At 58 years old Tarantino He is a director, producer, screenwriter, editor, and film and television actor. According has announced that he is retiring after his tenth film. Takes nine considering as one the two parts of Kill Bill and without taking into account those where he has been co-director.
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These are the actors who have refused to work with Quentin Tarantino:
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1. Michael Madsen
Director featured actor Michael Madsen in three films: Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill and The Hateful Eight. Too wanted me to represent Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction, a character later embroidered by John Travolta. Nevertheless, Madsen was already rolling Wyatt Earp, from director Lawrence Kasdan, and was unable to accept. It took Tarantino a while to forgive his refusal.
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2. Will Smith
Initially, Will Smith was to be the protagonist of Django unchained, but did not agree with Tarantino and Jamie Foxx took his place. It is said that when Smith read the script he asked him to modify it to be Django, instead of Dr. King Schultz (played by Christoph Waltz), who killed Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio). However, in 2015 when asked why he turned down the role He assured that he did not want to be part of a story of revenge and hate and not love and that “violence begets violence.”
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3. Adam Sandler
Tarantino wrote one of the characters in his movie Damn bastards thinking of Adam Sandler. The director wanted him to play Donny Donowitz, the Jewish Bear, but in the end, actor Eli Roth took his place. Sandler preferred to star in the comedy Make me laugh from director Judd Apatow. During an interview, Tarantino confessed that his character had to speak with a clear Boston accent and Sandler had a perfect command of it.
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4. Sylvester Stallone
Quentin Tarantino deeply admires Sylvester Stallone and offered to participate in both Jackie Brown like in Death Proof but the answer was always no. Regarding this second film, Stallone explained that he did not want to star in it because he is the father of two daughters. In his words, “the hobby of this type is to place teenage girls in a car and smash them against a wall. That is not right”.
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5. Kevin Costner
Director wanted Kevin Costner to play Ace Woody, a ruthless character who was always at the feet of Calvin Candie and his plantation that trained the Mandingos on Django unchained. The problem was that they did not manage to balance the agendas, they say, because of Tarantino’s demanding shooting schedule.
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6. Kurt Russell
Russel had already participated in the film Death Proof and accepted the role of Ace Woody in Django unchained after being rejected by Kevin Costner. According to Russell, the shooting was too slow and he ended up abandoning the film with the feeling that he had been wasting his time. It was then that Tarantino made the decision to remove the character of Ace Woody from the plot.
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7. Sacha Baron Cohen
Tarantino also had to eliminate the character he offered to Sacha Baron Cohen on Django unchained. Cohen failed to square the filming with the promotion of the film The dictator. Had he accepted, he would have played Scotty Harmony, a card player who lost at a gambling match to Calvin Candie and his slave Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), as well as Django’s wife.
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8. Jennifer Lawrence
When Tarantino was preparing your movie The Hateful Eight I had Jennifer Lawrence in mind for the lead actress role. They got together to talk about it but back then she was rolling Joy and in full promotion of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 2. Jennifer Jason Leigh took her place and was nominated for an Oscar. Later the director said that Lawrence was too young for the character and that it would have been a mistake to have her.
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9. Viggo Mortensen
Director offered Viggo Mortensen the role of Jody Domergue in his film The Hateful Eight. He had to give up because he was promoting two films independent film, Jauja and Far from men. He had both starred in them and he was also the producer.
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10. Warren Beatty
Actor Warren Beatty has turned down many roles throughout his career. He did not agree to participate in The Godfather, nor in Superman nor in Boogie Nights. He didn’t want to be Bill in the movie either Kill Bill. As Tarantino anticipated at first, this character would be very different, he would even resemble James Bond, if he had been played by Beatty. But he did not want to shoot in Asia and, according to Beatty himself, he proposed to Tarantino that he offer the role to David Carradine.
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