Tim Roth acting in The Hateful Eight

In The Hateful Eight, the acting of Tim Roth (before the character switch) is very similar to the acting of Christoph Waltz, his miming and his way to speak reminds Dr. King Shultz from Django Unchained.

Also the costumes are similar:

Have there been any specific motivations or reasons given for this? Is there even evidence that the role was originally intended for Waltz?

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Best Answer

There's a chance that early on it could have been intended for him, but Waltz had no intention of being in the movie as he didn't want to be pigeon holed.

Like I said, a group in and of itself… You know, groupies are groupies. That’s their function. But since I’m not a groupie, I have to have something to do in the group. And if I don’t have anything to do in the group, hey… -Waltz

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Who does Quentin Tarantino play in hateful eight?

Tarantino took a break from on-screen characters when The Hateful Eight arrived. Instead, he decided to play the role of narrator, which was very obvious given his peculiar voice and style.

Are Django and hateful 8 connected?

The Hateful Eight Originated As A Sequel To Another Quentin Tarantino Movie. Quentin Tarantino began writing The Hateful Eight as a sequel novel to Django Unchained, and it helped him figure out how to make the story work.

Is The Hateful Eight a true story?

And regardless of its historic setting, The Hateful Eight isn't a true story, but an original one. The Hateful Eight follows a group of travelers including a bounty hunter (Kurt Russell) and his prize (Jennifer Jason Leigh) into a stagecoach lodge called Minnie's Haberdashery to wait out a blizzard.

Was The Hateful Eight filmed in a blizzard?

Filming primarily took place in the mountains of Colorado during the wintertime. However, for the scenes depicting the whiteout blizzard, the production crew kept running into good weather. In order to simulate a blizzard, the crew employed large fans, starch, and sun-blocking visors.

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