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Nick Fury actor Samuel L. Jackson reveals he followed Bruce Willis’ advice when he got his now iconic MCU role. Nick Fury has appeared in thirteen MCU titles, from his cameo in 2008’s Iron Man to his starring role in 2023’s Secret Invasion.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Samuel L. Jackson recalls a conversation he had with Bruce Willis over thirty years ago, when Jackson and Willis co-starred in Die Hard With A Vengeance. According to Jackson, Bruce Willis advised him to find a popular role he could reprise at any time. Jackson says Willis mentioned fellow action stars’ iconic roles, including Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator and Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa and Rambo. Fortunately for Jackson, he landed the role of the MCU’s Nick Fury before he started his search. Read Samuel L. Jackson’s anecdote below:
“He told me, ‘Hopefully you’ll be able to find a character that, when you make bad movies and they don’t make any money, you can always go back to this character everybody loves,” Jackson recalls. “He said, ‘Arnold’s got Terminator. Sylvester’s got Rocky, Rambo. I’ve got John McClane.’ I’m like, ‘Oh, okay.’ And it didn’t occur to me until I got that Nick Fury role—and I had a nine-picture deal to be Nick Fury—that, Oh, I’m doing what Bruce said. I’ve got this character now.”
Source: Vanity Fair