Samuel L. Jackson on Quentin Tarantino’s comments on actors who appear in Marvel films being overshadowed by the characters they portray.
“It takes an actor to be these special characters,” Jackson said on The View when asked about Tarantino’s comments. “And the movie star’s mark has always been, huh, butts on seats? What are we talking about?”
The actor has previously worked with Tarantino in films such as Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997) and Django Unchained (2012). Jackson is also part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and first appeared in Iron Man (1998) as Nick Fury. He has since reprized his role numerous times in films such as Captain America: The First Avenger, Thor, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man Far From Home and next year The Marvels.
“So it’s not much of a controversy for me to know that these actors are apparently movie stars,” he added. You know, Chadwick Boseman is Black Panther. You can’t refute that. And he’s a movie star.”
Tarantino made a controversial statement while appearing on the podcast 2 Bears, 1 Cave, saying, “Part of the Marvelization of Hollywood is … You have all these actors who have become famous playing these characters. But they are not movie stars. Right? Captain America is the star. Or Thor is the star. I mean I’m not the first to say that. I think that’s been said a million times…but it’s like, you know, it’s those franchise characters that become stars.”
Shang Chi star Simu Liu was one of the Marvel actors who pushed back on Tarantino’s assessment.
Watch Jackson’s interview on The View in the video posted below.