{"id":1759799,"date":"2022-12-02T06:30:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T11:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1759799"},"modified":"2022-12-02T11:20:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T16:20:32","slug":"samuel-l-jackson-responds-to-quentin-tarantinos-comments-about-marvel-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/samuel-l-jackson-responds-to-quentin-tarantinos-comments-about-marvel-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel L. Jackson Responds to Quentin Tarantino\u2019s Comments About Marvel Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsamuel-l-jackson-responds-to-quentin-tarantinos-comments-about-marvel-movies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1759799&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Samuel L. Jackson is challenging his \u201cPulp Fiction\u201d director over his anti-Marvel comments.<\/p>\n<p>Quentin Tarantino, 59, recently made a controversial statement on the \u201cMarvel-ization of Hollywood,\u201d claiming that Marvel actors aren\u2019t movie stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart of the Marvel-ization of Hollywood is . . . you have all these actors who have become famous playing these characters. But they\u2019re not movie stars. Right?\u201d Tarantino said on the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4qv8O8WaQZTOQMGzsSZsWy?si=8E3Iz9egRju6J153zg1IvQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2 Bears, 1 Cave<\/a>\u201d podcast. \u201cCaptain America is the star. Or Thor is the star. I mean, I\u2019m not the first person to say that. I think that\u2019s been said a zillion times . . . but it\u2019s like, you know, it\u2019s these franchise characters that become a star.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tcgDKsHUq5M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The View<\/a>,\u201d Jackson \u2014 who is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe \u2014 responded to Tarantino\u2019s remarks, clapping back at the idea that these actors are not movie stars.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\">[embedded content]<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/samuel-jackson-quentin-tarantino-marvel-comments-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/samuel-jackson-quentin-tarantino-marvel-comments-03.jpg\" alt=\"Samuel L. Jackson on the comments made by Quentin Tarantino regarding actors that participate in Marvel films getting overshadowed by the characters they portray.\" class=\"wp-image-24837652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/samuel-jackson-quentin-tarantino-marvel-comments-03.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/samuel-jackson-quentin-tarantino-marvel-comments-03.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/samuel-jackson-quentin-tarantino-marvel-comments-03.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Appearing on \u201cThe View,\u201d Samuel L. Jackson responded to Quentin Tarantino\u2019s remarks.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ABC \/ The View<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt takes an actor to be those particular characters,\u201d Jackson, 73, said. \u201cAnd the sign of movie stardom has always been, what, asses in seats? What are we talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackson specifically pointed out the late Chadwick Boseman \u2014 whose film \u201cBlack Panther\u201d was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars \u2014 as well as Scarlett Johansson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not a big controversy for me to know that these actors are movie stars. Chadwick Boseman is Black Panther. You can\u2019t refute that, and he\u2019s a movie star,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/samuel-jackson-quentin-tarantino-marvel-comments-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/samuel-jackson-quentin-tarantino-marvel-comments-07.jpg\" alt=\"Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury in 2014&#039;s \" Captain America: The Winter Soldier \/><\/a><figcaption>Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury in 2014\u2019s \u201cCaptain America: The Winter Soldier.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Zade Rosenthal \/Marvel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/samuel-jackson-quentin-tarantino-marvel-comments-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/samuel-jackson-quentin-tarantino-marvel-comments-08.jpg\" alt=\"Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury in Marvel&#039;s \" The Avengers \/><\/a><figcaption>Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury in Marvel\u2019s \u201cThe Avengers.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Zade Rosenthal \/ \u00a9 2011 Marvel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jackson and Tarantino have worked together on movies such as \u201cPulp Fiction,\u201d \u201cJackie Brown\u201d and \u201cDjango Unchained.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackson first appeared in the MCU as Nick Fury in 2008\u2019s \u201cIron Man.\u201d He has since appeared in other films such as \u201cCaptain America: The First Avenger,\u201d \u201cThor,\u201d \u201cAvengers: Infinity War,\u201d \u201cAvengers: Endgame,\u201d \u201cCaptain Marvel,\u201d \u201cSpider-Man: Far From Home,\u201d and will appear in 2023\u2019s \u201cThe Marvels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Jackson <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/28\/star-of-marvels-shang-chis-simu-liu-slams-quentin-tarantino\/\">isn\u2019t the first Marvel star<\/a> to slam Tarantino\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/samuel-jackson-quentin-tarantino-marvel-comments-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/samuel-jackson-quentin-tarantino-marvel-comments-09.jpg\" alt=\"Quentin Tarantino visits SiriusXM&#039;s &#039;The Howard Stern Show&#039; at SiriusXM Studios on November 15, 2022 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-24837642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/samuel-jackson-quentin-tarantino-marvel-comments-09.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/samuel-jackson-quentin-tarantino-marvel-comments-09.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/samuel-jackson-quentin-tarantino-marvel-comments-09.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/samuel-jackson-quentin-tarantino-marvel-comments-09.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Quentin Tarantino recently made a controversial statement on the \u201cMarvel-ization of Hollywood.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Cindy Ord\/Getty Images for SiriusXM<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings\u201d star Simu Liu took to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimuLiu\/status\/1595125075040403456?s=20&#038;t=NU6RlG6h9jzm0P3IlIjA3g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a> last week to clap back at the filmmaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf 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,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cI am in awe of their filmmaking genius. They are transcendent auteurs. But they don\u2019t get to point their nose at me or anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samuel L. Jackson is challenging his \u201cPulp Fiction\u201d director over his anti-Marvel comments. Quentin Tarantino, 59, recently made a controversial statement on the \u201cMarvel-ization of Hollywood,\u201d claiming that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1759804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1759799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1759799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1759799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1759799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1759804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1759799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1759799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1759799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}