Jamie, who plays slave turned bounty-hunter Django in Quentin Tarantino's Spaghetti Western, told The Sun: "To watch Leo knee-jerk, that’s what I hope people understand – when he had to say some of that language he was like ... (sharp intake of breath), ‘Buddy, this is ... wow!’"

However, according to Foxx  their castmate Samuel L Jackson put him at ease, saying: "Samuel Jackson said ‘Hey man, it’s just another Tuesday. Get over that man. It is what it is.”

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5. Leonardo DiCaprio Cut His Hand For Real

 



 

During the climax of the turbulent phrenology sequence in which Calvin Candie explodes into a fit of rage, Leonardo DiCaprio slams his hand down on the dining room table and accidentally smashes a glass. And this wasn’t a moment you’ll find in the script. Instead of asking that the cameras stop rolling, DiCaprio went on with the scene and incorporated the accident into the material.

 

“Blood was dripping down his hand. He never broke character. He kept going. He was in such a zone. It was very intense. He required stitches,” said producer Stacey Sher on the incident. The big question, is, of course: did he really smear his own blood all over Kerry Washington’s face?

The film marks the first collaboration for DiCaprio and Tarantino, and the actor had praise for the "Pulp Fiction" filmmaker. "It really takes a director like Quentin Tarantino to say, 'Look, this is ... the time period that I want to do a film about and I want to go to these extremes,'" DiCaprio said. "'And it's also going to be an incredibly entertaining movie.'"