{"id":127534,"date":"2024-09-26T05:40:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T05:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/samuel-l-jackson-talks-his-role-in-marvel-cinematic-universe-reveals-1-thing-he-never-got-to-do-surprise-over-length-of-his-contract\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T05:40:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T05:40:14","slug":"samuel-l-jackson-talks-his-role-in-marvel-cinematic-universe-reveals-1-thing-he-never-got-to-do-surprise-over-length-of-his-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/samuel-l-jackson-talks-his-role-in-marvel-cinematic-universe-reveals-1-thing-he-never-got-to-do-surprise-over-length-of-his-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel L. Jackson Talks His Role in Marvel Cinematic Universe, Reveals 1 Thing He Never Got to Do &#038; Surprise Over Length of His Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/samuel-l-jackson\/\" title=\"Samuel L Jackson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Samuel L. Jackson<\/strong><\/a> addressed his work within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/marvel\/\" title=\"Marvel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 75-year-old actor has been playing Nick Fury in the MCU since <em>Iron Man <\/em>in 2008. He\u2019s gone on to appear in a dozen other projects in the franchise, including blockbuster movies and Disney+ series.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent interview, he looked back on early conversations to join the popular superhero universe. He expressed initial hesitance over the length of his contract, adding that he was surprised by how quickly things progressed. <\/p>\n<p>He also shared one thing that he has not yet gotten to do in the franchise that he really wanted to do. <\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2055505\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew I had a nine-picture deal when <strong>Kevin <\/strong>[Feige, Marvel Studios president] said that. He was like, \u2018We wanna offer you a nine-picture deal.\u2019 I was like, \u2018How long I gotta stay alive to make nine movies?\u2019 Not the quickest process in the world, and people don\u2019t do it,\u201d he recalled during a feature for GQ. \u201cI didn\u2019t know they were gonna make nine movies in like two and a half years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, laughingly saying, \u201cIt just kind of crazy. It\u2019s like, \u2018Oh, s-it, I\u2019m using up my contracts.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Samuel<\/strong> added that it \u201cworked out.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>One thing that he has not yet gotten to do in the franchise is visit Wakanda. After the release of Black Panther, he said that he, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/don-cheadle\/\" title=\"Don Cheadle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Don Cheadle<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/anthony-mackie\/\" title=\"Anthony Mackie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Anthony Mackie<\/strong><\/a> all wanted to visit the iconic world. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey made it,\u201d he said, referencing <em>Avengers: Infinity Wars<\/em>. \u201cThey got to go fight. I still didn\u2019t get there.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong>Samuel<\/strong> also expressed surprise that he was not included in a key fight scene that took place during <em>Captain America: Civil War<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Is <strong>Samuel<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2024\/09\/18\/marvel-stars-with-the-most-movie-tv-show-appearances-ranked-from-lowest-to-highest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the MCU stars to make the most appearances in the franchise<\/a>? Find out!<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Samuel L. Jackson Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l2-VmisepcE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2024\/09\/26\/samuel-l-jackson-talks-his-role-in-marvel-cinematic-universe-reveals-1-thing-he-never-got-to-do-surprise-over-length-of-his-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samuel L. Jackson addressed his work within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The 75-year-old actor has been playing Nick Fury in the MCU since Iron Man in 2008. He\u2019s gone on to appear in a dozen other projects in the franchise, including blockbuster movies and Disney+ series. During a recent interview, he looked back on early [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":127536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-127534","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}