I'm not sure if you're aware, but Dicaprio was initially unwilling to use the n-word in the movie. It was only at the behest of his (black) costars that he did[

I'm not sure if you're aware, but Dicaprio was initially unwilling to use the n-word in the movie. It was only at the behest of his (black) costars that he did[0]. There's similar conversations about racially charged plays and the white actors who play racists that come up pretty often. [0]: https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/how-samuel-l-jackson-told-leo-dicaprio-to-handle-the-n-word-on-django-unchained.html/ https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/how-samuel-l-jackso...