Samuel L. Jackson puzzled “how long do you have to stay alive to make nine movies” when he first signed his Marvel contract.
Samuel L. Jackson gave audiences their first trace that the Marvel Cinematic Universe was going to be extra vital than they imagined. The actor first appeared as Nick Fury on the finish of Iron Man, telling Tony Stark that he’d change into a part of a much bigger universe. This was the primary of Jackson’s nine-picture cope with Marvel Studios. The actor advised GQ that not solely was he shocked by the deal, however that he stayed alive lengthy sufficient to see all of them get made.
“I knew I had a nine-picture deal,” Jackson stated. “[Marvel Studios president] Kevin [Feige] stated that: ‘We’re going to give you a nine-picture deal.’ How lengthy do it’s important to keep alive to make 9 films? It’s not the quickest course of on the earth. I didn’t know they had been going to make 9 films in like two and a half years. That’s form of loopy! Oh shit, I’m utilizing up my contracts. It labored out.“
Jackson reached the tip of that preliminary nine-picture cope with Captain Marvel however has returned for extra Marvel films, together with Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From House, and The Marvels. He additionally took heart stage within the Secret Invasion sequence on Disney+.
That’s plenty of Marvel films, however Jackson advised The LA Instances in 2022 that he’d slightly concentrate on doing what makes him glad slightly than chasing awards. “I was never going to let the Oscars be a measure of my success or failure as an actor,” Jackson stated. “My yardstick of success is my happiness: Am I happy with what I’m doing? I’m not doing statue-chasing films. You realize [whispers]: ‘If you do this movie, you’ll win an Oscar.’ No, thanks. I’d slightly be Nick Fury. Or having enjoyable being Mace Windu with a lightsaber in my hand.“
Jackson continued, “As jaded as I wanted to be about it, you know thinking, ‘Well, I should have won an Oscar for this or should have won for that and it didn’t happen,’ once I got over it many years ago, it wasn’t a big deal for me. I always have fun going to the Oscars. I always look forward to getting a gift basket for being a presenter. [Laughs] I give stuff to my relatives; my daughter and my wife would take stuff out. It’s cool.”
