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 Samuel L Jackson
Interview By: Benjamin Lee Ever since he broke out in the 1994 cult smash Pulp Fiction, Samuel L Jackson has amassed an incredible 43 movies. At the age of 58, the Oscar nominated actor continues to work at a frightening pace, racking up a wide variety of mainstream and independent roles. From the blockbusting Star Wars appearances to the harrowing courtroom drama A Time to Kill to the kid-friendly antics in The Incredibles, Jackson never seems happy to regurgitate, despite his long resume. Having recently fought both pesky stowaways in Snakes on a Plane and negative reviews in the overblown racial drama Freedomland, Jackson makes a strong start for 07 with his latest offering, Black Snake Moan. Jackson plays Lazarus, a weathered old blues player who finds himself at a lonely crossroads after his wife leaves him for another man. In comes troubled town slut Rae, played by a revelatory Christina Ricci, who Jackson decides to help. It comes from Hustle & Flow writer/director Craig Brewer and although the casting of Jackson in the role is admittedly perfect, he admits that he wasn’t the first choice by a long shot. ‘John Singleton sent me the script by mistake’ Jackson shares, ‘He read it and saw me in the role and sent it to me but Craig had somebody else in mind. It started a little controversy with me having the script and why John had done that and a lot of phone calls flew through the air.’ Luckily fate intervened and Brewer began to change his mind. ‘Craig saw me on some television show talking about my life and the things that I’ve been through and thought maybe he is the guy.’ Jackson was immediately drawn to the role, especially the chance it gave him to relive his youth. ‘It was an opportunity for me to be Southern again’ he admits, ‘It’s the way I grew up. It kinda shows the men that I was around. They were strong and had principles.’ At the other end of the spectrum is Rae, an abused nymphomaniac who he finds bruised and battered on the road. ‘There’s a very interesting situation in this film because these two people have never met anyone who’s like themselves or each other’ Jackson tells, ‘He’s never met a woman who’s described as a nymphomaniac. He has no idea what sexual dysfunction is but when someone tells him she can’t live without it to him that means she’s possessed by the devil. He thinks if I can get the word in her then I can get the devil out of her. She’s never met a man that she couldn’t manipulate sexually. They’re at a crossroads so the only way he can get her to listen to him is by chaining her to that radiator.’ It’s the shocking imprisonment of Ricci’s character that has got the film an insane amount of pre-release buzz. The controversial posters, showing a scantily clad Ricci chained to a wife-beater adorned Jackson ... |
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