20 Things You Somehow Missed In Django Unchained

There's no greater tribute to the original Django film than the fact that its star, Franco Nero, has a cameo appearance. 

Nero plays the small part of slave owner Amerigo Vessepi, who goes to the bar following the loss of a Mandingo fight and briefly crosses paths with Jamie Foxx's Django.

Tellingly, when Django tells him that the "D" in his name is silent, Vessepi retorts with, "I know." 

All the same, unless you're a big fan of Spaghetti Westerns or familiar with Nero's career, it's incredibly easy to take this cameo at face value and not appreciate what Tarantino's actually nodding to.

Fun fact: Nero initially suggested to Tarantino that he play a mysterious horseman appearing to Django in visions throughout the film, who at the end would be revealed as Django's father - an idea which the filmmaker probably quite sensibly vetoed.