Jackson talks Snakes
Aug. 18, 2005
So if you're the baddest motherf*cker on the planet, what scares you the most? Well, if you're badass motherf*cker Samuel L. Jackson, look no further than the reptile with no legs. That's right. Snakes.
Fitting, as the flick he's currently filming is called FLIGHT 121, previously called SNAKES ON A PLANE, and while we haven't heard much about the project, Jackson shed some light with Latino Review about what we can expect:
“The movie I’m doing right now is kind of like a no-brainer. I don’t want to say it that way, but it’s pretty much what it is, it’s a thriller. “Snakes on a Plane,” there’s no mystery to that. We’re going back, it’s not ‘Flight 121.’ You either want to see this movie or you don’t – “Snakes on a Plane,” common. You don’t have to think about it, there’s snakes, you go ‘Ah, Oh, Ah, Oh’ and that’s what I’m doing every day and I don’t have to figure out the dramatic purpose of this. I’m going to do that with “Black Snake Moan,” I’ve got enough of that coming. Six and a half weeks going ‘Ah, Ooh, Ah, Ooh, Ah, Oh’ it’s cool, awesome. So it’s like a break for me. And then I get to be heavy.”
Gotta respect a guy who likes to have fun on the job- and knows what kind of movie he's making ahead of time. Me, I can't wait for this movie to come out- like the title says.. snakes on a plane... why hasn't anyone thought of this before? Sure, there's KILLER BUZZ, with killer bees on a plane, but Samuel f*cking Jackson wasn't in that one (not to mention that movie sucked!). And if you're curious, here's how Jackson describes his role in the flick:
“I’m an FBI agent transporting a witness from Hawaii to Los Angeles. And the kid witnessed a murder by this gangster, the gangster, who personally killed somebody, stupid gangster. The kid saw it and I’m transporting him to LA and over the middle of the ocean, this timed crate opens and there’s 500 poisonous snakes in it and they get out all over the plane. And we can’t go back, we’ve got to go forward and it’s us battling snakes to LA.”
Need we hear more? Look for FLIGHT 121 aka SNAKES ON A PLANEto slither into theaters sometime next year. And to check out the rest of his chat, discussing his other projects, click HERE.
