Leonardo DiCaprio on upcoming film 'Django Unchained'  By
Meaghan Fleming,  Leonardo DiCaprio discussed his role in the
upcoming Quentin Tarantino film, Django Unchained, this week.
In Django Unchained, DiCaprio plays Calvin Candie, a vile
plantation owner in the south before the Civil War. DiCaprio
told Vibe he knew the movie would be confrontational and had
reservations about the role.  “For me, the initial thing
obviously was playing someone so disreputable and horrible whose
ideas I obviously couldn't connect with on any level,” DiCaprio
stated. “I remember our first read through, and some of my
questions were about the amount of violence, the amount of
racism, the explicit use of certain language. It was hard for me
to wrap my head around it.”  “My initial response was, ‘Do we
need to go this far?’ Quentin pushes the envelope, you know,
much like Inglourious Basterds was about World War II, a
heightened reality. His depiction or retelling of that time,” he
continues. “This is his retelling of this era.