Actor Will Smith has explained the creative differences that kept him from accepting the lead role in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained.
“It was about the creative direction of the story,” Smith told THR. “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 and I couldn’t see
.”
Despite liking the premise, though, Smith ultimately decided it wasn't for him because he wanted it to carry a more positive tone.
“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,” he said. "We can’t look at what happens in Paris
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“It was about the creative direction of the story,” Smith told THR. “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 and I couldn’t see
.”
Despite liking the premise, though, Smith ultimately decided it wasn't for him because he wanted it to carry a more positive tone.
“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,” he said. "We can’t look at what happens in Paris
Continue reading…
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