Thesps make for 'Django Unchained'

Quentin Tarantino is adding four more veteran thesps for the cast of his epic spaghetti Western "Django Unchained," as James Remar ("Dexter") Tom Wopat ("The Dukes of Hazzard"), James Russo ("Miss Bala") and Presidio Pictures founder Todd Allen have grew to become an associate from the star-studded ensemble.Remar and Russo may have slave purchasing and selling brothers and sisters Ace and Dicky Speck, who purchase Django (Jamie Foxx) within the Greenville Slave Auction. Remar's "48 Several hrs." co-star Allen may have plantation representative Dollar Bill, while Wopat remains cast as Marshall Gill Tatum.Most broadly known nowadays for playing Michael C. Hall's father on Showtime's "Dexter," Remar can be a longtime favorite of director Walter Hill, who cast him in classic films for instance "48 Several hrs." and "The Gamers," additionally to Westerns "Wild Bill" and "The Extended Riders." Thesp remains keeping a hollywood in studio films, with recent roles as military generals in Matthew Vaughn's superhero pic "X-Males: Top ClassInch and David Gordon Green's stoner comedy "Pineapple Express."Most broadly noted for playing Luke Duke round the extended-running CBS series "The Dukes of Hazzard," Wopat recently came out in "Jonah Hex" and basically wrapped a recurring role as Margo Martindale's husband on CBS' "A Gifted Guy."Russo has co-starred alongside The Actor-kaira Pitt in "Public Competitors," "Donnie Brasco" and "The Ninth Gate." Thesp also came out inside the Western "Open Range" and "The Mail company," because both versions were directed by Kevin Costner, who dropped from "Django" and was transformed by Kurt Russell.While Allen hasn't labored with Tarantino before, the two return almost two-and-a-half decades to have an acting class each of them attended. Allen formerly starred opposite Robert Duvall in "The Apostle" and AMC's "Broken Trail," which featured Russo. Thesp presently may serve as prexy of Austin-based film and tv production company Presidio Pictures, that's developing the inspiring football pic "12 Mighty Orphans."Remar is repped by Gersh and Lighthouse Entertainment, while Innovative Artists reps Wopat. Allen is repped by Linda McAlister Talent and Variety. Contact Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com