In the midst of Oscar hopefuls “Joker,” “Ford v Ferrari,” “Judy,” “Waves,” and more stirring up major awards buzz, the Toronto International Film Festival found time to also champion Quentin Tarantino.
The writer-director’s ninth feature “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” opened in theaters this summer and remains a top Oscar contender in numerous categories.
During Jamie Foxx’s Tiff conversation with “Just Mercy” co-star Michael B.
Jordan and festival co-head Cameron Bailey, the actor championed Tarantino as “incredible and probably the best director out there because of what he does and how he does it.”Foxx played the title role in Tarantino’s “Django-Unchained-2012-movie-posters/”>Django Unchained,” which remains the director’s highest grossing movie domestically ($162 million) and worldwide ($425 million).
The Oscar winner told Jordan and Bailey that he wanted the “Django” role badly and got upset with his management team when he was not included on the shortlist of actors.
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