The actor, who has played Nick Fury in a dozen projects in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, looked back at some of his most iconic characters in a recent interview with GQ magazine. He first appeared as the master strategist and superspy in 2008’s Iron Man but went on to star in eight more MCU films within a decade timespan.

Samuel L. Jackson is generally known for playing a badass, first strongly associated with Quentin Tarantino films, and now over the past sixteen years, the MCU’s Avengers founder and former leader of S.

Samuel L. Jackson revealed that when he was asked to join the MCU as Nick Fury, he was wary about the deal he was offered.

Samuel L. Jackson participated in a career retrospective interview for GQ magazine and admitted that he was shocked by the speed in which Marvel raced through his initial 9 picture deal. Jackson agreed to Marvel’s initial offer to play Nick Fury in nine movies,

Samuel L. Jackson finds it "crazy" how quickly he completed his nine-picture deal with Marvel as he expected to be tied to the franchise for decades.

Samuel L. Jackson says he didn't think he would live long enough to fulfill his nine-movie-long contract with Marvel Studios but was pleasantly shocked to see how fast the films actually got made. "I knew I had a nine picture deal when Kevin said,

Samuel L. Jackson was surprised by how quickly he managed to fulfill his original nine-picture deal with Marvel. When the Pulp Fiction star agreed to play Nick Fury in nine Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films,