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Samuel L. Jackson Claims Strange Film Editing May Have Cost Him Academy Award Consideration (deadline.com)

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Samuel L. Jackson believes that excessive editing ruined a performance that was worthy of Oscar consideration. In a new Vulture profile, Jackson said he thought his performance in Joel Schumacher&#…

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[–] lnsfw3@lemmynsfw.com 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ironically, it looks like this article has been edited to make seem like SLJ is angry, but he understands the decision:

But, he said, “That s— is not in the movie! And I know why it’s not. Because it wasn’t my movie, and they weren’t trying to make me a star.”

Tone is important, so maybe he was frothing at the mouth when he said it, but I read that as him disliking the decision but understanding it.

[–] platysalty@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

In this case, I think that scene with the wallet really isn't helping his public image