Kerry Washington Reveals Brutal Scene That Was Cut From Django Unchained – THE USA PRINT

Quentin Tarantino’s cinema is organically violent, since it is important for him to portray this part of human nature to cause a certain impact. In his first works, this trend generated a lot of controversy among the public and critics, but over the years it became a norm in the industry and the director had to approach it from another angle. In this way, the creator followed two paths, one where these acts are exaggerated for entertainment, and the other where they are shown in all crudeness to give it realism, being Django Sin Cadenas – 87% one of his best examples. For Kerry Washington, filming this film was not easy, especially because of a brutal scene that was ultimately not recorded, but that she cannot easily forget.

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Django Unchained It is one of Tarantino’s most appreciated films, especially among those who until that point assured that the director’s best years had already passed. Between tributes that many consider theft and trends that others wore out, the creator achieved something shocking with this proposal that followed the line of Inglorious Basterds – 88% but it felt more current due to the entire context of racism that exists in the United States. The film tells the story of a slave who is bought by a bounty hunter and who seeks to recover his wife who is trapped in the mansion of an unscrupulous southern man.

Jamie Foxx plays Django, who from the beginning of the film has a single goal and throughout the film he remembers it thanks to subtle visions of his wife in better times and smiling. Of course, when the protagonist finally finds Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) realizes all the abuse she has endured for years waiting for his return. As in other historical films that Tarantino has worked on, the ending of this story does not follow the real events to give way to a happy and satisfying closure for the main character.

‘Django Sin Cadenas’ divided the public a lot

Although the film was generally well received by critics and the public, it also provoked very extreme opinions due to the way in which the director portrayed the racist violence of the time. To begin with, the use of certain swear words was highly attacked by some, although Samuel L. Jackson, who plays Stephen Warren, acknowledged that this was very hypocritical because they are still used today to attack people and no one says anything. On the other hand, the abuse to which slaves were subjected is quite explicit, but Tarantino defended it by ensuring that real life was much worse.

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Kerry Washington remembers a traumatic scene from ‘Django Unchained’

Another of the most criticized aspects of the film was the way in which women are presented, especially Broomhilda, because for some it appears more like a fantasy for the protagonist and when we see the abuse she suffers, she is exposed excessively. Of course, that is exactly what the director wanted to provoke, who analyzed a lot what to put in the film and what things were too strong. In his autobiography Thicker Than Water (via The Daily Beast), Kerry Washington talked about filming Django Unchained and how worried she was about a pretty brutal rape scene that she wasn’t ready to film.

The actress revealed that she felt quite insecure, but it seems that she did not approach Tarantino to share her fear. In the end, the scene was not filmed and she is sure that Jamie Foxx was the one who solved the problem:

Jamie and Quentin were in the corner. Both men were looking at the dirt on the floor, and as he walked toward them, Tarantino announced that we were all going home. The scene would be removed from the script. Maybe it was something Jamie had said to Quentin days before that had finally leaked, maybe something changed for Quentin being in that cabin. Either way, it was the answer to the prayers he had been whispering on his knees.

For now, no further details are known about the scene, only that it was quite violent and sexual. Tarantino’s decision was definitely the most prudent, since the hell the character goes through in the film is quite clear without the need to show this type of aggression. On the other hand, on many occasions rape scenes have been exploited to sexualize actresses, and that is something that many performers have struggled with for years, as they consider that they are rarely necessary for the development of the story or their characters. .

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