Pulp Fiction the true story of how Samuel L Jackson

Pulp Fiction, the true story of how Samuel L. Jackson got the part is amazing Best Picture

The career of Samuel L Jackson can be divided into two parts: the first is that of early cinema, the parts in films like do the right thing, Goodfellas And Jurassic Park; the second starts with instead pulp Fiction At. Although it has been around for almost 15 years, the film is from Quentin Tarantino that exploded his popularity. And to think that it all started with one Sensational audition mistake.

Now the actor is famous not only for his collaboration with Tarantino (whom he also shot with). Django Unchained And The Hateful Eightplus a small part for Kill Bill: Volume 2), but also for his prominent role in the Marvel Cinematic Universebut the story of how he got the role Jules Winnfield.

We must start from 1992, the year in which the legendary director’s first film was released: Samuel L. Jackson has repeatedly expressed regret at not being able to star hyenas, but Tarantino himself told him that he had a role ready for him in his next film, which was Pulp Fiction. The actor received the script, complete with threats of spoilers, and then showed up for the audition.

Here someone made a sensational mistake that nonetheless secured the star a place in cinema history: when it came time to introduce him to the casting managers, Samuel L. Jackson was dubbed “Mr. Fishburne”That means Laurence Fishburne. To the actor who would later appear in the saga of The Matrix she was offered her own role but turned it down due to the scene in the film Vincent VegaJohn Travolta revitalize Mia (Uma Thurman) after an overdose. He feared that Pulp Fiction would broadcast a controversial message about drugs and dropped out.

The fact that he was mistaken for his colleague enraged Samuel L. Jackson… but it was good! In fact, the actor continued through the rest of his audition with this frame of mind, which of course proved perfect for the role of the killer going through a “transitional period.” Oddly enough, the story during the Pulp Fiction casting isn’t the only time the actor had to deal with such a mistake.

During a now-famous interview with CNN (HERE the video), Samuel L. Jackson was asked about his appearance in one Super Bowl Ad… which of course he hadn’t done! After a moment of embarrassment, Nick Fury’s interpreter blurted out: “You’re crazy like these people on Twitter. I’m not Laurence Fishburne! We don’t even look alike!” A mistake the actor also poked fun at in a few other gags.

He must have been angry at the time, but who knows how many things would have changed if they hadn’t mistaken him for someone else that day. Would he still get the role? Would his career have been the same? A what-if that might even surprise Samuel L. Jackson himself at times.

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Source: Vulture

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