Quentin Tarantino Didn’t Cast Idris Elba in ‘Django Unchained’ to Avoid ‘Phony Accents’ in the Film

[Gritsngravy]

I've always said one of the weirdest and funniest things ever in cinema is in movies about Ancient Rome you have these people portraying Romans while using a British Accent

Like if you understand history you know how dumb that is lol

wasn’t the British and people of Western Europe at that time was like peasants?

I don’t know never looked into Roman history or that era

 

[Devilinurear]

wasn’t the British and people of Western Europe at that time was like peasants?

I don’t know never looked into Roman history or that era

Not even
They were seen as barbarians

 

[Patrick Kane]

He’s right

It’s a Black American story. It should be told from the perspective of black American actors.

It doesn’t have to be that way for all films but as a cinematic purist the way QT is, it’s no surprise he didn’t pick him.

 

[Low End Derrick]

They all had phoney accents in that film.

 

[The Fade]

I've always said one of the weirdest and funniest things ever in cinema is in movies about Ancient Rome you have these people portraying Romans while using a British Accent

Like if you understand history you know how dumb that is lol

Apparently that was deliberately done to create Anglophiles

 

[Luke Cage]

Will smith turned down some major roles in his time, but a quentin tarentino movie should be a layup. Dude must have a terrible agent or he doesn't actually watch movies himself to know what films have been popular in the realm of pop culture.

 

[DonB90]

Disagree, Jamie was outshined by everyone in the movie from Sam Jack, Waltz, n Leo,

Re read the names you just listed then think about what you wrote my man

 

[UpNext]

Re read the names you just listed then think about what you wrote my man

I guess he thinks Idris is out acting Sam Jackson

 

[DonB90]

Idris woulda been up there with his default Brooklyn accent ridin around the Deep South as newly freed slave

 

[Mandarin Duck]

Doing what he can to support FBA, yes indeed family.

 

[TRUEST]

I’m not surprised. He doesn’t have a masculine voice. Lucky his height saved him. Even with that, knowing how women are with voice, he’s vulnerable to getting his b1tch token (tooken, not taken - dont u think about correcting me)

 

[invalid]

I don't see how Idris could have possibly done a better job than Jamie at that role, he made the right call.

I actually don't think Jamie is good actor.
I think I would have preferred Idris in that role.

Jamie is good at sitcom.
Not big screen.

 

[Ziggiy]

Will smith turned down some major roles in his time, but a quentin tarentino movie should be a layup. Dude must have a terrible agent or he doesn't actually watch movies himself to know what films have been popular in the realm of pop culture.

He wanted Django to be the one who killed Calvin Candie instead of the dentist and he also wanted the movie to focus more on the romance between Django and Broomhilda. Tarantino said no to both so Will passed and made After Earth with Jaden

 

[invalid]

Disagree, Jamie was outshined by everyone in the movie from Sam Jack, Waltz, n Leo,

This.

 

[BlackMajik]

Will smith turned down some major roles in his time, but a quentin tarentino movie should be a layup. Dude must have a terrible agent or he doesn't actually watch movies himself to know what films have been popular in the realm of pop culture.

Will has become notorious for making bad movie decisions