will smith and sam jackson discuss django in hollywood reporter

[Mike Otherz]

Will Smith, Mark Ruffalo and Four More A-List Actors on Hollywood Racism, Aging and … Peeing in Sinks?


im only readingthe quotes in this roundatble they did but seems like sam was throwing lil jabs at will not all the way mesing with django. havent seen the video so cant tell if it was in jest or not.

Will, weren’t you offered Django?

JACKSON (Mock outrage.) Django Unchained?! (Laughter.)

SMITH I was trying to avoid that [topic]. It was about the creative direction of the story. To me, it’s as perfect a story as you could ever want: a guy that learns how to kill to retrieve his wife that has been taken as a slave. That idea is perfect. And it was just that Quentin [Tarantino] and I couldn’t see [eye to eye]. I wanted to make the greatest love story that African-Americans had ever seen

JACKSON They did that already. It’s Love Jones.

SMITH We talked, we met, we sat for hours and hours about it. I wanted to make that movie so badly, but I felt the only way was, it had to be a love story, not a vengeance story. I don’t believe in violence as the reaction to violence. So when I’m looking at that, it’s like: “No, no, no. It has to be for love.” We can’t look at what happens in Paris [the terrorist attacks] and want to f— somebody up for that. Violence begets violence. So I just couldn’t connect to violence being the answer. Love had to be the answer.

JACKSON It would have balanced out that Wild Wild West scale.

SMITH Yeah, right. Exactly.

JACKSON It would have fixed that for you.

RUFFALO Has Quentin talked to you since then?

SMITH No, no, we haven’t talked about it, but we —

JACKSON He did the Alfred Hitchcock on you.

 

[RajWatts]

at this whole exchange


will gettin emotional talmbout making django a love story


sam tha gawd jackson pops in with the wild wild west comment like

had big willie like "yeah, right exactly"


wish there was video of this

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Will full of shyt. He wanted to be the main hero and not the sidekick even though the movie was named after the role he turned down.

My theory is he didn't want to be Legend of Begger Vance'ed again.

 

[ThaBronxBully]

Django Was A Slave, Why The fukk Wouldn't He Be Violent Against His Oppressors?

 

[Lannister]

Man, Hollywood did a number on Will. It's a shame.

It seems like Sam is one of few realest ones left in the industry

 

[BelieveBeOK]

Will Smith fell off a long time ago.
The movie would have sucked if he was in it

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

I wanted to make the greatest love story that African-Americans had ever seen

JACKSON They did that already. It’s Love Jones.

Sam knows his movies. Will was a straight up bytch tryna switch up QT's story.

 

[Heelish]

Django Was A Slave, Why The fukk Wouldn't He Be Violent Against His Oppressors?

"Slave owner racism was actually rare."

 

[BXKingPin82]

Django Was A Slave, Why The fukk Wouldn't He Be Violent Against His Oppressors?

Big Will need to get put on to that 10-point program
:mooneyha:

 

[General Mills]

"Slave owner racism was actually rare."

 

[kingdarius]

i think will wanted to be more of the star and probably saw too much -ness of the script....the love story stuff prolly just for the press. The fact that him and quentin havent talked since makes me think will didnt care for his writing in it

 

[Heelish]

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/will-smith-racism-is-actually-rare.376233/

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

"Slave owner racism was actually rare."

Will's been famous since 87. At this point I imagine that the regular world and his own world intersect very rarely.

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

Will Smith regrets passing on this. Because he keeps making excuse after excuse.

When he passed on the Matrix for Wild Wild West he was upset. But also said he understood at the time that as an actor he wasnt ready to pull off that role. I can buy that.

Not sure I buy what he's saying now.

 

[SNG]

Will talking out his ass on this. Django is basically a love story honestly it is the perfect love story if you think of the time frame it takes place in. Plus I don't think he would of been a good fit for the movie only person that I could see killing it is Idris other than Jamie.