Django Unchained is collecting quite a cast of some of the more obscure yet highly interesting choices for the movie with today’s announcement being no exception. Today we learn that the Miami Vice/Nash Bridges has joined the cast of Tarantino’s latest.
Source: Screen Rant
Variety has confirmed that (following “a courtship that lasted several months”) Don Johnson has at last accepted a role in Django Unchained.
Johnson will appear in the film as Spencer Bennett, a fellow slave owner who encounters Django and Dr. Schultz while they are “in pursuit of a bounty.”
If the aforementioned list of actors slated to star in Django Unchained wasn’t enough to get you excited, the film will also feature Kurt Russell as a remorseless slave trainer and Samuel L. Jackson as Candie’s longtime houseslave – a brilliantly manipulative figure who eventually squares off against Django.
Most of us already know if we’re interested in this movie or not. I am because of the cast assembled and this does nothing but further encourage that interest. The story is sure to catch a few eyes simply because of the race issue that’s a bit taboo to discuss unless it’s in a light-natured way like “The Help”. I for one encourage someone to explore the gravity of the time period and hopefully deliver a entertaining movie in the process. Tarantino has not been one to shy away from controversial topics and words can’t fully express how much I hope he delivers a very blunt and hopefully graphic movie.
