<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"Will Smith has opened up about turning down a leading role in Django Unchained. The Men in Black 3 star was director Quentin Tarantino&amp;#039;s first pick for the former slave Django in his highly-anticipated Western. When Smith turned down the role, Jamie Foxx was chosen to fill the part.    In a new interview with Empire, Smith revealed that he was forced to decline due to his commitments to Men in Black 3. &amp;quot;I came really close, it was one of the most amazing screenplays I had ever, ever seen,&amp;quot; he told the magazine. &amp;quot;I was in the middle of Men in Black 3 and [Tarantino] was ready to go, and I just couldn&amp;#039;t sit with him and get through the issues, so I didn&amp;#039;t want to hold him up. &amp;quot;That thing&amp;#039;s going to be ridiculous. It is a genius screenplay.&amp;quot; Django Unchained opens in cinemas on December 25 in the US and January 18, 2013 in the UK. &amp;gt; Django Unchained, Star Trek 2: This Week&amp;#039;s Hottest Movie Videos Watch the latest trailer for Django Unchained below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a387402/will-smith-quentin-tarantinos-django-unchained-has-genius-script/>