In Django Unchained (2012), Django meets a character played by Franco Nero who asks him to spell his name. Django spells out his name and comments the "D" is silent. Nero's character replies that he knows already--because Franco Nero played the original Django (1966) who largely inspired this film.

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image showing In Django Unchained (2012), Django meets a character played by Franco Nero who asks him to spell his name. Django spells out his name and comments the "D" is silent. Nero's character replies that he knows already--because Franco Nero played the original Django (1966) who largely inspired this film.

marcvanh on July 13rd, 2018 at 02:40 UTC »

Kind of an important plot device that Django is black. Original must have been quite different.

PimpangryMX on July 13rd, 2018 at 03:35 UTC »

My dad loved all the spaghetti westerns and I used to watch them with him. I was always fond of Django and Sabata. When I saw Django unchained and I heard the guy talking Italian I suspected and when he said "I know" I was dead certain it was Franco Nero. He looks so cool and distinguished

DestituteDomino on July 13rd, 2018 at 04:50 UTC »

Franco Nero is such a badass name