Think of Brad Pitt inInglorious Basterdsand Leonardo DiCaprio inDjango Unchained.
He was tempted to cast arguably the biggest star in the world right now: Jennifer Lawrence.
Im a huge Jennifer Lawrence fan, he says.
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She was just doing me a courtesy to see me, I think.
She had to do all this publicity on theHunger Gamesmovies.
There was just no fing way in the world that she was available.
Having said that, Im glad I didnt cast somebody that young.
I think I absolutely positively made the right choice, as far as the ages of the characters.
Daisy was one of only two characters in the Western that Tarantino didnt write for a specific actor.
(The other is Bob, played by Demian Bichir.)
Now you have to find somebody that can take it from the page and take it even further.
Shes terrific in it.
So I literally was just having a ball with this Jennifer Jason Leigh film festival.
It was a nice little reminder that in the 90s, she was like a female Sean Penn.
So it got me very, very excited about seeing a performance-dominated Jennifer Jason Leigh movie.
The idea of Jennifer Lawrence playing Daisy isnt ridiculous, especially if youve recently watchedWinters Bone.
Its tender and delicious and terrifying and pure Jennifer Jason Leigh.
