Will Smith recently sat down for an interview with Entertainment Weekly in which he explained why he decided to ultimately turn down the role of Django in Quentin Tarantino's Oscar winning "Django Unchained".
"Django wasn't the lead, so it was like, I need to be the lead," Smith told the magazine. "The other character was the lead!"
The main character he is referring to is the role of dentist-turned bounty hunter, Dr. King Schultz, who was played by Oscar-winning actor, Christoph Waltz, who won his second Oscar for the part. Waltz won the Best Supporting Actor Award in 2009 for his part in Tarantino's "Inglorious Bastards".
As we know, the role of Django was eventually given to Jamie Foxx, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Ray Charles in "Ray" back in 2004.
Other than Django being the second lead role, Smith also said he was disappointed in the way the film concluded. (spoiler alerts)
"I was like, 'No, Quentin, please, I need to kill the bad guy!" Smith told EW.
Even though Django was still billed as the films lead and Waltz won Best Supporting Actor, that didn't seem to alter Smith's mind.
However, the former "Fresh Prince" was still happy with the final product.
"I thought it was brilliant," he said. "Just not for me."
This is not the first time the "Men In Black" star turned down a role that went on to achieve great success. He also turned down the role of "Neo" in the Matrix in 1999.
