Kurt Russell, Sacha Baron Cohen Leave Django Unchained

Posted May 10, 2012 by Ben Kahan

Back in 2011, the role of Ace Woody, a villainous trainer who brings slaves to kill each other for sport in Quentin Tarantino’s latest concoction Django Unchained was up for grabs after Kevin Costner left the picture for scheduling conflicts. Now his replacemnt, Kurt Russell, has decided to quit, without any explanation as of yet.

Sacha Baron Cohen has also left the picture. He was only supposed to have a cameo role but scheduling conflicts has prevented him from being able to visit set. This was revealed on America’s Howard Stern Show:

“That was going to be a cameo, but I had to drop out because of [The Dictator's] press tour.”

With a cast still filled with the likes of Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz and Samuel L. Jackson, you’d think Tarantino would be able to fill the two pairs of empty boots. But with a looming Christmas release date someone in the camp should be very worried.

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Ben Kahan

If I were a car, I'd be a 1978 Mini Cooper Saloon - red, with racing stripes. Why? Because I love drinking petrol and I painted two racing stripes from my nutsack to my forehead, right now, to prove my point. I'm a magician, hypnotherapist and casino poker dealer, which is because I'm an actor, and we make very little money and have to make do. Also, just a side note, "hypnotherapist" just came up with red squiggly lines on spellcheck, which shocks me because a) "hypnotherapy" doesn't and b) I consider this spellcheck as a gauge of future success in life and have found myself heartily disappointed. Ironically, this spellcheck doesn't recognise "spellcheck". This has just created a black hole on the screen on my laptop, so I'll be going now to find something to fill it.

Kurt Russell, Sacha Baron Cohen Leave Django Unchained

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