Once the film that every actor in Hollywood clamored to join, Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" has lost two more cast members. Sacha Baron Cohen and Kurt Russell have both dropped out of Tarantino's Southern-set western.
As The Playlist originally reported, Baron Cohen announced during his interview with Howard Stern that his commitments to the press circuit for "The Dictator" made it impossible for him to film the part, which he described as a cameo. He was set to play Scotty, a sort of man-child who comes to own the title character's wife. The role was supposedly re-written for Baron Cohen, and there's been no word on who may replace him.
There is far more mystery surrounding Russell's departure. Variety broke the story but could provide no explanation for the move. Russell took the part of Ace Woody, a slave trainer, after Kevin Costner turned down the role. The current rumor going around is that instead of recasting Woody, Tarantino has decided to drop the character from the film all together. However, this is still a tenuous rumor at best.
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Tags Django Unchained, joseph gordon-levitt, kurt russell, leonardo dicaprio, quentin tarantino, Sacha Baron Cohen
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