Jennifer Lawrence Could Have Been In 'The Hateful Eight'

Jennifer Lawrence and director Quentin Tarantino have met and discussed about the possibility of the actress joining his crew. But why didn't she take the opportunity?

In a previous interview by Entertainment Weekly via Variety, the director said that she admired the actress for her recent achievements and had considered her seeing the chemistry between her and American Hustle and Joy director David O. Russel.

"I'm a huge Jennifer Lawrence fan. I can see her doing a good job with this role, so we went to talk about it and everything," Tarantino said.

However, the actress is said to have too much on her plate in a way she cannot accommodate another movie stint.

"I can see her doing a good job with this role, so we went to talk about it and everything. She was just doing me a courtesy to see me, I think. She was doing 'Joy.' She had to do all this publicity on the 'Hunger Games' movies. There was just no f-ing way in the world that she was available," the mult-awarded director said.

Tarantino ended up choosing Jennifer Jason Leigh who performed the foul-mouthed fugitive, Daisy Domergue.

The director-screenwriter also said that a part of The Hateful Eight made reference of his 1992 film, Reservoir Dog, which made the 53-year old Jennifer Jason Leigh perfect for the age bracket that Tarantino wanted.

"There was a throwback to Reservoir Dogs quality to this whole [movie] so there was this kind of full circle quality going on. So I was like, the actress should be from that same boat as the [other] actors, and there were about three actresses from that period that really kind of made an indelible mark on me. I started going on little film festivals of the three, and frankly, it was the Jennifer Jason Leigh film festival that I enjoyed the most," the director said as mentioned in The Independent.

The Hateful Eight will hit cinemas on Christmas Day alongside Jennifer Lawrence's Joy. This is Quentin Tarantino's eight film.

Cinemablend earlier learned that the Hollywood Walk of Fame director promised to do a maximum of ten films in the movie industry.