Samuel L. Jackson Questions Why Marvel Hasn’t Sent Nick Fury to Wakanda: I’d Be in ‘Every Marvel Movie’ if I Had My Way
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director If it was up to Samuel L. Jackson, then his Marvel character Nick Fury would be in every Marvel movie.
The actor spoke about his Marvel tenure to Entertainment Tonight on the red carpet for “Secret Invasion,” the upcoming new Marvel series on Disney+ that features Jackson’s Nick Fury in the lead role. “I don’t know, it’s kind of up and down for me in an interesting sort of way,” Jackson said about Nick Fury, a role he’s been playing since the “Iron Man” post-credits scene in 2008. “Feels like I’ve been playing him forever.
If I had it my way, I would’ve been in every Marvel movie because, I mean, he is Nick Fury, he knows everything that’s going on.” Despite 15 years and counting in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Nick Fury has not popped up in a “Black Panther” movie.
Jackson has some questions for Marvel about that. “I’m still trying to figure out why I’ve never been to Wakanda,” Jackson said. “They didn’t ask me to go, but I’m still trying to get there.
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