Comic book nerds will be familiar with a character named Nick Fury. Well, years ago when they decided to reboot the comic books they specifically asked Sam Jackson if they could draw Nick Fury, (previously a white character), to look like our hero Sam with an eyepatch.
This character was seen in the epilogue to the Iron Man movie and all the nerds made a mess in their pants to see Samuel Jackson for less than a minute. I mean, the guy puts on an eyepathc, says two lines and gets applause.
The latest news is that Jackson has signed an unprecedented contract to do 9 movies as Nick Fury! This blows my mind. The man will spend the twilight of his life playing this character. In fact if you were to go to Samuel L. Jackson's Wikipedia page, his life is divided into chapters. Among those chapters is (the years), 70s to 80s, 90s, 2000s... Nick Fury!? That is a chapter of his life???
Think about it, these 9 movies have not even been written yet. They haven't even cast the lead roles! The only thing they really know about these movies, is that Samuel L. Jackson will be in it, probably for no more than 5-10 minutes in each.
Studio Exec: "Soooo... what are these movies about?"
Other Studio Exec: "I don't know..."
Studio Exec: "Who's playing the leads??"
Other guy: "Who cares??? Just get Samuel Jackson a motha f**kin' contract!!!"
Who's cooler than Samuel L. Jackson? He's been a cop, a hitman, a super hero, a Jedi Master. The only role he hasn't played yet is a wizard. But there's still plenty of time.
2 comments:
Two questions:
1) Nick Fury ain't white no more?
2) Samuel L. Jackson is black???
1)Yes.
2)Hell mothaf***in yes!!
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