Samuel Leroy Jackson born December 21, is an American actor. He portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. Samuel Leroy Jackson was born in Washington, D. Jackson met him only twice during his life. He still uses the word " motherfucker " to get through a speech block. He still has days where he stutters. After Martin Luther King Jr. In a Parade interview, he said, "I was angry about the assassination, but I wasn't shocked by it.
I knew that change was going to take something differentโnot sit-ins, not peaceful coexistence. He would later return to the college to earn a BA in drama in Rap Brown , and others active in the Black Power movement. Casting black actors is still strange for Hollywood.
Denzel gets the offer first. Right now, I'm the next one on the list. Jackson initially majored in marine biology at Morehouse College before switching to architecture. He later settled on drama after taking a public speaking class and appearing in a version of The Threepenny Opera. Dutton and Anthony Chisholm took his place. Jackson played a minor role in the Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas , as real-life Mafia associate Stacks Edwards.
Having overdosed on heroin several times, he switched to cocaine. Jackson said that the role was cathartic, [ 17 ] commenting, "It was a funny kind of thing. By the time I was out of rehab, about a week or so later I was on set and we were ready to start shooting. Jackson was surprised to learn that the part had been specifically written for him: "To know that somebody had written something like Jules for me. I was overwhelmed, thankful, arrogantโthis whole combination of things that you could be, knowing that somebody's going to give you an opportunity like that.
He just about lights fires with his gremlin eyes and he transforms his speeches into hypnotic bebop soliloquies. After Pulp Fiction , Jackson received multiple scripts to review: "I could easily have made a career out of playing Jules over the years. Everybody's always sending me the script they think is the new Pulp Fiction.
