Samuel L. Jackson’s Reaction to Nine-Picture Marvel Deal: “How Long Do You Have to Stay Alive to Make Nine Movies?”

Samuel L. Jackson continues to be in shock at how briskly Marvel acquired by his preliminary nine-picture deal.

The actor, who has performed Nick Fury in a dozen initiatives within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, regarded again at a few of his most iconic characters in a current interview with GQ journal. He first appeared because the grasp strategist and superspy in 2008’s Iron Man however went on to star in eight extra MCU movies inside a decade timespan.

“I knew I had a nine-picture deal,” Jackson stated. “[Marvel Studios president] Kevin [Feige] said that, ‘We’re going to offer you a nine-picture deal.’ How long do you have to stay alive to make nine movies? It’s not the quickest process in the world. I didn’t know they were going to make nine movies in like two and a half years (Laughs). It’s just kind of crazy! Oh shit, I’m using up my contracts. It worked out.”

Although his Marvel deal ended with 2019’s Captain Marvel, he wasn’t planning on retiring his character anytime quickly. He has additionally appeared in 2019’s Spider-Man: Removed from Residence, 2023’s The Marvels and headlined his personal Disney+ collection Secret Invasion.

He informed The Hollywood Reporter in 2019 that he would fortunately play Nick Fury into his 80s. “I could be the Alec Guinness of Marvel movies,” the Oscar-nominated actor stated on the time.

Jackson additionally beforehand informed the Los Angeles Instances that he would reasonably be engaged on blockbuster Marvel movies than looking for doubtlessly Oscar-winning roles.

“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,” The Hateful Eight actor informed the outlet in 2022. “I always have fun going to the Oscars. I always look forward to getting a gift basket for being a presenter. I give stuff to my relatives; my daughter and my wife would take stuff out. It’s cool. … But otherwise, I was past it.”

Jackson continued, “I was never going to let the Oscars be a measure of my success or failure as an actor. My yardstick of success is my happiness: Am I satisfied with what I’m doing? I’m not doing statue-chasing movies. You know: ‘If you do this movie, you’ll win an Oscar.’ No, thanks. I’d rather be Nick Fury. Or having fun being Mace Windu with a lightsaber in my hand.”