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Samuel L. Jacksonis weighing in onQuentin Tarantino’s opinion that Marvel actors are “not movie stars.”
On Tuesday, Jackson, 73, appeared onThe Viewalongside his wifeLaTanya Richardson Jacksonto discuss theBroadwayrevival of August Wilson’sThe Piano Lesson, which LaTanya directed and in which Samuel stars.
During the interview, Samuel was asked for his take on the debate regarding frequent collaborator Tarantino, who recently said on the"2 Bears, 1 Cave" podcastthat movie stars have disappeared due to the “Marvel-ization of Hollywood.”
“It takes an actor to be those particular characters, and the sign of movie stardom has always been, what, asses in seats?” Samuelsaid during his appearance. “What are we talking about?”
Samuel, who plays Marvel character Nick Fury in the MCU and has also starred in several of Tarantino’s movies, referenced the lateChadwick Bosemanas a definitive “movie star” from the Marvel era.
“That’s not a big controversy for me to know that apparently these actors are movie stars,” he said onThe View. “Chadwick Boseman is Black Panther. You can’t refute that, and he’s a movie star.”
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection
“If the only gatekeepers to movie stardom came from Tarantino and Scorsese, I would never have had the opportunity to lead a $400 million plus movie,” Liu wrote in aTwitterpost, also referencing directorMartin Scorsese’snow-famous 2019 commentthat Marvel Cinematic Universe movies are “not cinema.”
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“I am in awe of their filmmaking genius. They are transcendent auteurs,” Liu wrote on Twitter, adding that auteur directors like Tarantino “don’t get to point their nose at me or anyone.”
Liu finished his post with a simple point about how times have changed in Hollywood.
“I loved the “Golden Age” too.. but it was white as hell,” he wrote on Twitter.
In Tarantino’s recent podcast appearance, he told host Tom Segura that his “only ax to grind against [Marvel] is they’re the only things that seem to be made,” and said that superhero movies “are the entire representation of this era of movies right now.”
source: people.com
