Quentin Tarnatino does not view "Kill Bill Vol. 2" as a sequel. Considering it was shot back-to-back with "Kill Bill Vol. 1" and both are halves of a larger story, we tend to agree with him. That means Tarantino has not made a single sequel in his prestigious eight-film career to date. However, "The Hateful Eight" began its creative infancy as a direct sequel to "Django Unchained." Yet Tarantino quickly realized that Django had no place in this new film.
Tarantino surprised audiences at the Alamo Drafthouse following a screening of his new movie Wednesday evening. There he answered several questions and discussed how he initially planned to put Jamie Foxx's character in that cabin with the rest of the cast. However, according to Entertainment Weekly, Tarantino came to the conclusion that the audience would trust and root for him.
"All of a sudden it hit me the only thing wrong [with the story] was Django," he said. "There should be no moral center. I thought it should be a room of bad guys, and you can't trust a word anybody says."
Though Django was written out of the story, the influences of that movie can still be seen in "The Hateful Eight." Both films take place around the time of the Civil War and fit into the well-trodden category of Westerns.
We can't help but agree that Foxx's Django would have dramatically altered the feel within that cabin. He would have become the center of attention and the nominal hero, regardless of any twists and turns Tarantino included. Instead, "The Hateful Eight" has no clear-cut good guy and keeps the audience guessing throughout the majority of the film. The film is similar to a Western, Tarantino-ized version of "Clue" in that regard.
Would you have liked to have seen Foxx's Django in "The Hateful Eight" or did you like the movie as is? Let us know in the comments below.
