Foxx drew on own experiences for 'Django'

Jamie Foxx used his own racial abuse to fuel his 'Django Unchained' role.

Foxx drew on own experiences for 'Django'

Jamie Foxx used his own racial abuse to fuel his 'Django Unchained' role.

The actor - who plays a freed slave in the Quentin Tarantino-directed film - was impressed by the unnerving grit in the film's script and channelled his own experiences with racial abuse as a youth to get into character.

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