Jamie Foxx says he tried to convince Idris Elba not to star in 'Django Unchained'

ABC/Lou RoccoJamie Foxx is opening up about how he secured his role in Quentin Tarantino‘s critically acclaimed 2012 drama Django Unchained.

According to Indie Wire, during a Toronto Film Festival conversation about Foxx’s upcoming film Just Mercy, co-starring Michael B. Jordan, Foxx revealed that he wanted the part badly, but had to take matters into his own hands to secure it because his management hadn’t gotten him on the shortlist of actors who were being considered.

According to Foxx, he intentionally downplayed the role to Idris Elba when the U.K. actor, who was one of those being considered, asked him his thoughts on the film.

“Your beautiful black a** riding up on