'Welcome To Miami' hitmaker Will Smith has revealed that he was initially offered a role in Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained', but turned it down because it wasn't the right fit.

Smith explained to Entertainment Weekly that he was lined up to play the slave, named Django, but decided not to accept because he wanted to play a leading character:

"Django wasn't the lead, so it was like, I need to be the lead. The other character was the lead!... I was like, 'No, Quentin, please, I need to kill the bad guy!'"

Jamie Foxx ended up portraying Django and starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson and Christoph Waltz.

The motion picture went on to win a series of awards, including Golden Globes, a BAFTA and an Oscar, and Smith added that he didn't regret turning it down despite the success it found: "I thought (the movie) was brilliant. Just not for me."

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