Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited western DJANGO UNCHAINED just got a little lighter on the casting front as it was recently announced that Joseph Gordon-Levitt will no longer have a part in it.
Apparently the timing just isn't right, as Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut DON JON'S ADDICTION will take priority, preventing him from acting in DJANGO.
"No, I’m not going to get to do [DJANGO UNCHAINED]. I’d love to, but it just doesn’t work… I’ve been in touch with Quentin about it, and it was so cool to trust me to do this little part in his movie. I would have loved, loved to have done it. He’s one of my very favorite filmmakers, and he was really supportive of me directing and that meant the world to me."
It's a shame, really, as Gordon-Levitt is an excellent actor and has become incredibly popular in recent years. Thankfully, DJANGO UNCHAINED will still feature the likes of Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Kurt Russell, so it's safe to say that Tarantino will most likely give us another kick ass film.
DJANGO UNCHAINED hits theaters on Christmas of this year.
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