Samuel L. Jackson talks about the snubbed Django Oscar triggered 10 years later

For decades, Samuel L. Jackson fans have supported him to win an Oscar for his incredible work. Sure, Jackson finally received his well-deserved honorary Oscar ahead of this year’s ceremony, but many fans have argued that he should have won it for the role of the crass Jules Winnfield in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 masterpiece. pulp Fiction. According to the Oscar-winning actor, there is another Tarantino movie he should have been nominated for: 2012. Django Unchained. A decade after that movie’s release, Jackson talked about that Oscar-winning insult for the western movie.

For viewers, the MCU star’s role in self-contempt Stephen Warren was one of the highlights of the controversial film. Some viewers thought Jackson would only receive his second Oscar nomination in his legendary career. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out. The paws of fury actor cited a Los Angeles Times he works with once upon a time in hollywood The director gave him many chances for several nominations or Oscar wins. With Django UnchainedStephen, Jackson felt like his best shot for a disturbing reason:

Looking at the history of the Oscars, the Hollywood star was not wrong. Denzel Washington and Forest Whittaker didn’t win their well-deserved Oscars until they played downright despicable characters in training day Yes the last king of Scotland, respectively. A few Oscars for black actors and actresses weren’t the most positive portrayal of black culture, but the tide has turned in recent years as actors have been nominated and won larger roles.

The quest for an Oscar was never Samuel L. Jackson’s goal, as he only wanted to make films to take viewers “out of themselves”. Of course, the infamous Oscar “Popular Film” was mentioned and felt that the award should have been implemented as a way of recognizing that popularity and artistry could share the same space. But the awards show was already a popularity contest, according to Jackson. He once again lost the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor to Hollywood legend Martin Landau, leading to this rude awakening.

Many Oscar viewers and viewers have recognized that most Oscars won are the culmination of a work rather than a single performance. Landau was four decades into her career when she won for playing the flamboyant Bela Lugosi in the biopic. Wooden. The same thing happened when Al Pacino won for Women’s perfume for Washington’s acclaimed performance in Malcolm X.

Of course now Samuel L. Jackson has an Oscar to put on his coat. Not that having one hasn’t hurt his career, as evidenced by the plethora of Marvel and non-Marvel projects the iconic actor has over the next few years. Meanwhile, viewers can hear it Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank when it hits theaters on July 15th.