In Django Unchained, a man asks Django what his name is and how it is spelled. "The D is silent", the man responds "I know". This man is Franco Nero, the original Django from the original 1966 film.

Jamie Foxx says Samuel L. Jackson deserved an Oscar for Django Unchained (2012), praising how instantly he could switch into character.“Samuel L. Jackson was better than all of us. He should have gotten an Oscar. ​The way he would turn it on and turn it off. Say action.”

Christoph Waltz is one of the rare actors to win two Oscars for roles that couldn’t be more different. In Django Unchained (2012), he plays Dr. King Schultz — a German bounty hunter who becomes Django’s ally in the fight against slavery. Just a few years earlier, in Inglourious Basterds (2009), he stunned audiences as Hans Landa — the chilling Nazi officer hunting Jews. Two worlds, two extremes, yet both performances earned him Oscars and cemented Waltz as a master of unforgettable villains.