The Hateful Eight is about a varied group of characters who are forced to share a location during a blizzard, and Quentin Tarantino might have originally intended for one of those characters to be played by Christoph Waltz. The 2015 movie follows Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson), who takes shelter in a haberdashery until a deadly storm passes. The place is filled with bounty hunters, gang members, and other sketchy characters who may or may not be lying about who they are. The Hateful Eight is Tarantino's take on a murder mystery movie, and if there's one element of the genre that the filmmaker nailed, it's the eccentric characters.

The colorful characters of The Hateful Eight are played by frequent Tarantino collaborators. The cast includes Michael Madsen, who starred in Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill, Tim Roth of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, and Jackson, who has been featured in many Tarantino movies. But there's one glaring omission: Christoph Waltz, who was discovered by Tarantino and won two Academy Awards under the filmmaker's direction, is completely absent. But it has been heavily rumored that he turned down a role in The Hateful Eight.

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There Was No Part For Christoph Waltz In The Hateful Eight

Dr Schultz drinks a beer in Django Unchained

In an interview with Moviefone, Christoph Waltz explained that there wasn't any role for him in The Hateful Eight. The actor simply stated, "Unfortunately, there's no part in it for me." However, while the comment could mean that he wasn't offered a role by Tarantino, it could also mean that he wasn't interested in the role that was offered to him. Waltz starred in two back-to-back Tarantino-directed movies, and his King Schultz stole the show in Django Unchained in particular. But that created a false expectation that Waltz would feature in Tarantino's next movie, or that's at least how Waltz seemingly saw it.

Waltz expressed how roles have to mean something, adding, "Just to be in the group for group dynamic's sake is, to me, I find it extremely frustrating." Though he was referring to director Tim Burton's heavy use of the same Rolodex of actors, that statement can also be applied to how Tarantino works, especially with The Hateful Eight. It's easy to see why returning for a third Tarantino movie in that way in such quick succession might not have interested him. While there might not have been a part for him, it sounds like Waltz didn't want to be expected to feature in anything and everything with Tarantino's name on it.

Waltz Could Have Played Oswaldo

Oswaldo, John, and Daisy talk around a table in The Hateful Eight

Tim Roth seemingly imitates Christoph Waltz in his performance as Oswaldo Mobray in The Hateful Eight, and this has led to speculation that the character might have been written for the latter. Roth portrays Oswaldo with the sort of goofy sensibilities that were previously displayed by Waltz as Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds and as Schultz in Django Unchained. The delicate vocabulary, the confident delivery, and the unique speech pattern are reminiscent of those characters. The role was perfect for Waltz, and as Tarantino has written characters with specific actors in mind, he could possibly have intentionally written the Hateful Eight character to Waltz's strengths.

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