“He don’t speak to me”: Leonardo DiCaprio Treated Jamie Foxx Like He Was Invisible on Set of $425 Million Film and It Proved to Be a Genius Choice
- Jamie Foxx recently unveiled that during filming Django Unchained, Leonardo DiCaprio didn't talk to him.
- Foxx and DiCaprio worked closely on Quentin Tarantino's directorial.
- Django Unchained is still one of the classiest Western action dramas.
Django Unchained is a 2012 American revisionist Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is still considered one of the classiest Western action dramas in the history of Western movies. The storyline follows Django (Jamie Foxx), an African slave, and his journey from how he gets freed by a German bounty hunter and how he becomes his apprentice, as the narrative unravels further.
With a budget of $100 million, the film grossed $426 million at the global box office, becoming one of the highest-grossing films in Tarantino’s career. Starring Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, and others, the flick featured a layered storyline that impressed not only the audience but also the critics. In a recent interview, Foxx talked about some behind-the-scene insights and shared why DiCaprio didn’t talk to him while filming.
What happened between Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio while shooting Django Unchained?
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Jamie Foxx walked down memory lane and revisited scenes from some of his greatest movies. One of which was Django Unchained. In the sequence, he and Samuel L. Jackson can be seen exchanging a few dialogues. Foxx spoke about how this film was an all-star game. He and Christoph Waltz worked together for 12 weeks before any other star came on the set.
He spoke about how suddenly, while filming with Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jackson made an entrance with their vapes. Foxx then further revealed how DiCaprio went through a hard time while saying the ‘N-word’:
Here was the thing, though, the subject matter, the N-word. Specifically, Leo had a hard time saying the N-word. We’re doing a read and Leo says ‘Hey, man, hey guys, cut. I just can’t do this. This isn’t me.’ Samuel Jackson goes, ‘Say that sh*t, motherf*cker. It’s just another Tuesday. F*ck them.’ And I totally, I said, ‘Leo, you know, in slavery days, we would never talk to each other. I am not your friend, I am not Jamie Foxx. I am Django. And as I told him, ‘You won’t be able to play that character unless you really understand what slavery was about. It was tough, it was horrific.’
So, what happened the next day? After the read, when the actors came on set, Foxx saw DiCaprio walking in. Foxx called out his name twice, and he didn’t talk to him. He then told the outlet, “He don’t speak to me, he ready. So everybody started digging in.”
Jamie Foxx says Samuel Jackson should’ve gotten an Oscar for his performance in Django Unchained
One of the most talented actors in Hollywood, Samuel L. Jackson plays Stephen in Django Unchained. While watching the scene, Jamie Foxx shared that Samuel Jackson had been better than everyone on set and that he should’ve gotten an Oscar for his performance. He further explained how Jackson would go on and off with his character and how magical it was to see him perform like that.
Ever since this interview went live, people have been sharing how great Leonardo DiCaprio is as an actor and a movie star. Here’s what netizens have been posting on X (formerly known as Twitter):
Django Unchained has every element that a Western movie deserves. It is one of the finest and most successful films from Quentin Tarantino‘s work profile. If you haven’t watched it so far, stream it on Amazon Prime Video or Apple TV+.
