Zo Bells Scrapped Django Unchained Scenes Prove Quentin Tarantino Shouldnt Stop At 10 Movies

Zoë Bell had a small role in Django Unchained, and her character's scrapped plot serves as proof that Quentin Tarantino can't stop directing after his 10th movie. Though some of Quentin Tarantino's best movies are also some of the best movies of all time, the director has famously vowed that his 10th film will be his last. Despite his long history of making provacative films, that decision has been one of the most controversial in Tarantino's career. Many have argued that he should ignore his self-imposed rule and continue directing, but one of the most compelling arguments comes from one of his own films.

Tarantino is known for casting actors in multiple films, and Zoë Bell is one of his favorites. She's appeared in several of Tarantino's films: Bell did stunts in both Kill Bill volumes and Inglourious Basterds, and she played named characters in Death Proof, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, and Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood. Bell hasn't played a lead character in a Tarantino movie yet, but her role in Django Unchained would have been much bigger if parts of the script hadn't been cut. Even though Bell only had a small part in Django Unchained, it still proves that Tarantino needs to keep directing movies.

Zoë Bell Played The Tracker With A Bandanna In Django Unchained

Bell's Character Had A Huge Backstory That Was Completely Cut

In Django Unchained, Zoë Bell plays a slave tracker who wears a red bandanna throughout the film. Some viewers may have noticed that Django Unchained features a few closeups of Bell's character, yet it doesn't reveal her name or even give her a speaking line. That's because Zoë Bell's character was supposed to have a much more intricate backstory in Django Unchained, but her section of the story was cut to trim the film's nearly three-hour runtime. Bell told E News about her role and what could have been with a few extra minutes of runtime.

"There was backstory and there was to be a fight sequence. I don't know how much Quentin wants me to say, but yes, there was originally more than that. But I guess when you're getting such brilliant s--t with Leo [Dicaprio] and Jamie [Foxx] and Christoph [Waltz], you just keep shooting and time kind of got crunchy."

Unfortunately, the details of Bell's character will probably never be revealed, as the scenes she spoke about were never even filmed. However, the fact that Tarantino wanted to include it in the film, and the clues that are left behind in Django Unchained, like the tracker looking at a picture of two young boys, paints a fascinating image of what the director had in mind. Bell even said that "[T]here was a little sneaky secret under the mask. Part of my face was missing," which hints that Django Unchained could have been even bigger and better than it already is.

Zoë Bell’s Django Unchained Role Proves Quentin Tarantino Has Too Many Good Ideas To Stop Directing

Tarantino Still Has Several More Blockbuster-Worthy Ideas Left

Zoë Bell's character and her unused backstory in Django Unchained is proof that Quentin Tarantino can't stop directing after his 10th movie. Django Unchained is nearly three hours long, yet Tarantino had so many great ideas for his first Western film that he had to cut out a character as interesting as Bell's tracker. Quentin Tarantino's mind is clearly brimming with great film ideas - Bell's tracker could be the subject of an entire feature - and he should make as many movies as it takes to get them all out into the world.

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Tarantino's 10 movie rule is entirely self-imposed, as the director said he wants to leave audiences "wanting more." If he does retire from directing after his 10th film, not only will he leave audiences wanting more, he'll leave a huge number of amazing ideas completely untold. If even half of Tarantino's ideas are as good as the scrapped backstory for Bell's tracker in Django Unchained, it would be an absolute shame to not turn them into movies. The director seems set on his rule, but luckily, there's a way he could get around his promise.

Quentin Tarantino Could Continue Making Movies By Following His From Dusk Till Dawn Strategy

Tarantino Could Still Use His Ideas As A Screenwriter Instead Of Directing

Quentin Tarantino may have promised to stop directing after his 10th film, but he made no such promises about writing. In fact, Tarantino has worked as a screenwriter in the past: he wrote and had a part in From Dusk Till Dawn, but the vampire movie was directed by Robert Rodriguez. From Dusk Till Dawn presents the perfect loophole to Tarantino's 10-movie rule: he can just write the scripts and let another director put them to film. In an ideal world, Tarantino would direct his own ideas, but if he is dead-set on retiring, this may be the best way to preserve his untold stories.

Not only would screenwriting let Quentin Tarantino continue to put his ideas to film, it would also solve another problem with his 10-movie rule. Since the release of Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood, Tarantino has been looking for his 10th and final film to direct. For years, it looked like The Movie Critic would be Tarantino's last film, but he canceled the movie. He reportedly scrapped the project because it wasn't good enough to be his final film, but if Quentin Tarantino decided to keep on writing scripts, he might not have to be as careful about what his final movie will be.

Source: E News

Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained follows Jamie Foxx's Django, a Black slave who is freed before becoming a bounty hunter. After meeting German dentist-turned-bounty-hunter Dr. King Schultz, Django sets off to free his wife from the cruel and charismatic plantation owner Calvin Candie. Christophe Waltz stars alongside Foxx, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, and Kerry Washington rounding out the cast of Tarantino's revisionist Spaghetti Western. 

Release Date December 25, 2012

Studio(s) Sony

Distributor(s) Sony

Runtime 165 Minutes

Budget 100 million