Quentin Tarantino 'hated' Calvin Candie #leonardodicaprio #django

Quentin Tarantino tells the story of Leonardo DiCaprio changing his opinion of Django Unchained's villain Calvin Candie while filming on set.

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[scarletbard]

"But now you can understand a Borgia a little bit Morgia."

[brandonjanicki]

One of the greatest gifts for a director is when they realize their actor has a better understanding of their character than they did beforehand.

[ariadnepyanfar]

What a jewel to draw out in an interview. I never knew this about Tarantino and his villains, and never knew how deep his respect for Leo went, and what Leo did for him.

[Keandros]

When an actor causes the writer of the character realize a new level of understanding, it's something special. Leo is truly great.

[jacobcrinklaw]

To people who don’t know. Borgias were rich Italian blue blood aristocracy that did everything bad that you can think of, And one was pope I’m sure you all played assassins creed. 😂😂

[hansolobutimdead]

I didn't really see Calvin Candy as the main antagonist. Stephen was truly the one in control. He faked his feebleness, his limp, his inferiority towards the whites at the plantation. Hes the one to figure out Django, King and Broomhilda's plot. He's the one who has a personal feud with with the hero. And in fact, Stephen is likable for the same reasons Tarantino likes his other villains.

[Tron_Tha_Wizard]

The chemistry between Leonardo and Samuel L was immaculate. Made the history believable. You could tell that Samuel’s character watched DiCaprio’s grow into what he is.

[uypyiht]

I loved how in the movie they included a photo of Calvin and Stephen standing next to each other when they were children. They were definitely friends and loved how we got a glimpse of their upbringing to support how friendly they privately spoke to each other and treated each other almost as equals in private.

[tym]

Every single villain I created I kinda had sympathy for.

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[Huckleberry]

Leo needs to play more villains. He was amazing

[do]

This is brilliant writing and even better acting.

[JamCooper]

I still say DiCaprio deserved an Oscar for his performance in this movie.

[dukstedi]

Tarantino just has that artistic passion and eye. He knew Leo would kill it for him.

[michaelwong]

Villains always create a justification for the things they do. It doesn't have to be so good that the audience sympathizes with the justification: it just has to be good enough to believe that a bad guy might actually think it works.

[techbro_]

It must be such an incredible moment for the creator to have epiphany about a character because of how much life the actor breathed into the character.

[SheevPalpatine]

Calvin to me is a solipsist. He believes he's the only creature in his universe. The only real person. So much so that Calvin doesn't see his slaves as people, the only reason he sees his father or Stephen as admirable is because they are pieces of him. No one else is. This to me is why he loves the Three Musketeers but doesn't know Alexandre Dumas is black. Because Calvin doesn't see anything he admires as coming from anything but himself, his ancestry, and what he wants to be as his legacy. Calvin, is sadism to a tee. When no one else is real, outside of what they can do for you or against you, then you embrace ultimate authoritarianism, you become a creature that is simultaneously reptilian and a spineless slippery worm.

Also why does he love French culture? Because he likes the Three Musketeers it's really no deeper than that. But that book, since he believes it is a story of white western European heroes, he believes he's one of them. Only to find out that the basis of his fetish for the French was a book written by a black man. it breaks him one more time after being already played for a fool

[RedWinter]

And you can easily infer that Calvin was partly raised by Sam Jackson's character.

[Thanos-Alaarsson]

That Borgia line was flipping incredible on so many levels

[jackelewish]

Ah yes i understand a Borgia a little more now because i had no idea that was even a word 5 seconds ago.

[rolandroczei]

Leo playing Calvin Candie is one of all times best villain