While filming Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained', Leonardo DiCaprio repeatedly struggled to say the N-word for his character. Jamie Foxx and Samuel L. Jackson offered him advice on how to truly embody the character and understand the gravity of slavery.
Jamie Foxx And Samuel L. Jackson Gave Leonardo DiCaprio A Pep Talk After He Continuously Called"Cut!" On"Django Unchained" Set For His N-Word UseThe 2012 revisionist western, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, follows a slave named Django who's determined to reunite with his wife after she was sold to the owner of the Candyland plantation. Django teams up with a bounty hunter as they set across the south to collect what's theirs.
"Samuel L. Jackson said, 'Say that shit, motherfucker! It's just another Tuesday. Fuck 'em!' And I told Leo, I said, 'Leo, you know, in slavery days we would never talk to each other. So, I'm not your friend, I'm not"You won't be able to play that character unless you really understand what slavery was about," Jamie added."It was tough. It was horrific. Ain't no kiki-ing with the slaves.
DJANGO UNCHAINED LEONARDO DICAPRIO JAMIE FOXX SAMUEL L JACKSON SLAVERY
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