Quentin Tarantino has revealed that Jamie Foxx was the ideal man to take on the lead role in Django Unchained.
The director knew straight away that Foxx was the right man to portray the slave-turned-bounty hunter in the forthcoming western movie, despite meeting five other actors for the part.
Tarantino explained to Buzzline: "Jamie was the last one that I got together with and after I got together with him, I called the other guys up and I go, 'Look, I found my Django. And no disrespect and everything and we could have taken it further and I know...' But you just know when you meet the guy and I met the guy.
"And one of the things about him, aside from everything else about Jamie, just when it comes to this movie, he just got it. He just understood. He understood what I was writing, he understood what needed to be there and he understood what needed to be on screen and he understood how people should take it.
"I met six guys, six magnificent actors, but he was the cowboy and I was looking for the cowboy."
Django Unchained is set for a January 18, 2013 relase date.
