Christoph Waltz shares Django 'drama'

Christoph Waltz had a "rather dramatic" time controlling his horse while filming Django Unchained.

The 56-year-old actor won an a host of awards - including an Oscar - for his portrayal of bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz in Quentin Tarantino's acclaimed western movie.

Christoph's character rides horse Fritz throughout the film and the star says this caused the most stress throughout shooting.

"I didn’t get on with the first one at all, or he with me. And the getting off was the thing that was rather dramatic. I didn’t get off, he got rid of me," he told Shortlist magazine.

"But then I had two others and they were lovely. They were both playing Fritz, but they had completely different temperaments. One was very quiet – you could sit on him for a day and he wouldn’t move. The other was more lovely but he had a nicer gait, so you used them for whatever is necessary."

Christoph insists he had no concerns about the film’s subject matter despite there being several "dissenting voices" throughout.

The award-winning star didn't find it difficult to film any particular scenes.

"I’m less romantic about these things. They are hard to shoot, but they are hard to shoot, in my modest opinion, for technical reasons," he explained.

"The hardest thing about a whipping is not to hurt anybody. Yes, the emotional impact, that’s in a way what an actor does. The connotations – they’re up to you."

Django Unchained is set in 1858 and tells the story of slaves and a brutal plantation owner. The film - also starring Kerry Washington, Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson - has been called Quentin's boldest and most violent film yet.