Jamie Foxx, who played the titular character in Django Unchained, once expressed how thrilled he was to work with Quentin Tarantino. In his experience, Tarantino’s methods of working were not of the norm, and Foxx wasn’t used to such kind of work culture.
As Tarantino’s retirement is coming soon with his last film – The Movie Critic, fans will remember his non-linear style of filmmaking aided by hyperviolent screenplays.
But, it wasn’t just the screenplay that was hyperviolent while Foxx and Tarantino collaborated on the $449M western flick.
According to Foxx, Tarantino was relentless and highly intimidating on the set, and often called him out for not following the script in the desired way.
Quentin Tarantino Behaved Like A ‘Tyrant’ With Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx gained a lot of experience working with an ace director like Quentin Tarantino. But, he could not get over the ruthless direction that he had to face while working with him.
Quentin Tarantino’s acts during the shoot of Django Unchained (2012), as recalled by Jamie Foxx on Howard Stern’s Sirius XM podcast, were hard to digest.
“The first day of rehearsal I’m reading my lines and he said ‘Cut, can I talk to you for a second? Uhhh, what the f**k is that?’ – said Tarantino, as described by Foxx.
Apparently, this didn’t stop there. Tarantino halted the shoot on the very first day to drag Foxx into his office and what happened was even uglier, as Foxx remembered.
Quentin Tarantino Was Not Happy With Jamie Foxx
Django Unchained explored the life of Jamie Foxx’s character, who was kept as a slave, but with the help of Christoph Waltz’s Dr. King Schultz, he sets out to hunt criminals and look for his wife Broomhilda von Shaft played by Kerry Washington, who is kept by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Calvin Candie.
Quentin Tarantino didn’t want Jamie Foxx to improvise his character Django. Foxx’s confidence infuriated the director and he lashed out verbally at him, saying, ‘Do not f*** my film up.’
Stern was shocked after learning about Tarantino’s behavior from Foxx, as he revealed the director’s words to him. Foxx recalled Tarantino infuriatingly saying,
“Listen, all of this shit – you have to be a f***ing slave! OK? He’s not cool, he’s a f***ing slave! He doesn’t know how to read. You come in with your f***ing Louis bag and your f***ing Range Rover. And you’re just… I’m so f***ing… you’re not Jim Brown! He’s a f***ing slave!… And then, and then, he becomes the hero. But lose that s***!”
The 55-year-old actor recently went through a health scare and is recovering now. He definitely has come a long way in Hollywood, and given the circumstances, he said that he would jump at the opportunity to work with Quentin Tarantino again.
Jamie Foxx’s most recent – They Cloned Tyrone was released on June 14 and is available on Netflix for streaming.
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