title: Django: Make certain fields in a ModelForm required=False
body: <p>How do I make certain fields in a ModelForm required=False?</p>
  
  <p>If I have:</p>
  
  <pre><code>class ThatForm(ModelForm):
    class Meta:
      widgets = {"text": Textarea(required=False)}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Or if I have:</p>
  
  <pre><code>class ThatForm(ModelForm):
    text = Textarea(required=False)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Django returns:</p>
  
  <pre><code>__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'required'
  </code></pre>