Jonah Hill passed up a role in Django Unchained; some other guy joins the cast

I like Jonah Hill. Superbad is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen, and he's a big reason why. He's even taken steps to be more than just the pudgy, sex obsessed sidekick. Moneyball is a a prime example, and it appears that losing a shit ton of weight isn't going to hurt him one bit. But do I want to see him in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained? Well, I'll just say I'm happy Hill finds himself to be such a busy man lately.

Hill told MTV that he was offered a role in the already controversial spaghetti western, due to kick off filming in January. Unfortunately due to his jam packed schedule he had to turn it down,  missing out on the chance to not only work with one of the most respected filmmakers in the biz, but be a part of a film that is going to be on everybody's mind for months, and maybe even years. People still talk about Tarantino's Jackie Brown, even though it's generally considered his least regarded film. Regardless, it's a sign that Hill has moved on to bigger and better things that he even gets offered a part in a film like Django. He didn't say which role he would've played, but it likely would have been a small one, similar to Joseph Gordon-Levitt's.  Even with the star studded cast Tarantino has at his disposal, I feel like Hill might have been a distraction. He's just not on the same level as everybody else in the film, and I wouldn't want him to be wildly out of place the way Mike Myers was in Inglourious Basterds.

In other Django Unchained casting news, Todd Allen, a character actor who has appeared in everything from The Apostle to 48 Hrs, has joined as plantation owner, Dollar Bill.  Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo Dicaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington, Don Johnson, Kurt Russell, Anthony Lapaglia, Dennis Christopher, Gerald Mcraney, and many more round out the impressive ensemble. The film hits theaters on December 25th, 2012. [Deadline]