Kerry Washington To Play Broomhilda in Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Django Unchained’
October 26, 2011
Kerry Washington has won the role of Broomhilda in ‘Django Unchained.’ Director Quentin Tarantino made his choice and The Weinstein Company began exclusive negotiations with her CAA reps last night.
She’ll play the long-suffering slave wife of Django (Jamie Foxx), who is freed by a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) and taught the tricks of that trade. Django’s real desire is to be reunited with his wife, who winds up in a variety of unsavory places and whose travails drive the plot. It leads to a confrontation in Candyland, a ranch owned by the notorious Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).
Tarantino had his eye on Washington from the beginning, but he was also intrigued with making a discovery in the role, and that led to a long casting search before the director went back to Washington for the female lead.
The Weinstein Co. will distribute the film domestically, while Sony Pictures will release the pic overseas. Stacey Sher, Pilar Savone and Reginald Hudlin will produce. Harvey Weinstein, Michael Shamberg and Jim Skotchdopole are exec producing.
Washington, who previously worked with Foxx in his Oscar winning role as Ray Charles in ‘Ray,’ will next be seen in ‘The Details,’ and she stars with Eddie Murphy in ‘A Thousand Words.’
