Laurence Fishburne turning down Pulp Fiction cost him another major role

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Yea outside of the opening apartment scene I think Fish would killed every scene just as well as Sam if not better.

Y'all are tripping. Larry is a damn good actor but Sam was born to play that role. Everything about his delivery ("hmmm..that is a tasty burger", "Say what again! I double dare you motherfukker!" "Oh you sending in the Wolf? Damn negro thats all you had to say!" )and his presence is A plus. Larry is very stoic and fits morpheous so well. Larry would've made a better Mace Windu.

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

Y'all are tripping. Larry is a damn good actor but Sam was born to play that role. Everything about his delivery ("hmmm..that is a tasty burger", "Say what again! I double dare you motherfukker!" "Oh you sending in the Wolf? Damn negro thats all you had to say!" )and his presence is A plus. Larry is very stoic and fits morpheous so well. Larry would've made a better Mace Windu.

Sam was amazing, but lets not act like Fish didn't have range.

 

[HipHopStan]

It just dawned upon me that prior to Pulp Fiction, SLJ only had bit parts on films, but they were memorable bit parts. Coming To America, Do The Right Thing, Goodfellas, Juice, True Romance, Menace 2 Society, and Jurassic Park.

 

[Somebody]

Thread is a giant cac exposal

 

[Steezy]

woulda never found out it was shaved if laurence got that role

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

Imagine if Samuel isn't in Pulp Fiction. Would he be in Jackie Brown, Django, Hateful Eight

I still think Ordell Robbie > Jules

 

[Big Boss]

 

[daemonova]

will chose wild wild west instead, which was atrocious.

Somewhere on YouTube, there is a wold west what went wrong video, we can start with the crossdressing

 

[daemonova]

I don't how he thought that was a good move. Name one good western comedy. aint none.

Maverick, but it's been a few years since I've seen it

 

[MartyMcFly]

Maverick, but it's been a few years since I've seen it

Very dope. Also blazing saddles

 

[HipHopStan]

Plus Wild Wild West was going to be directed by Barry Sonnenfield, who had just directed Will in Men in Black, which was a massive hit. And he was going to be starring with Oscar winner Kevin Kline and acclaimed actor/director Kenneth Branagh and prime Salma Hayek. Wild Wild West also had tons of merchandising licenses. I still have a pair of WWW sunglasses that I got from Burger King. And maybe the movie sounded good on paper. Who knows? The final product was though.

I'd just like to follow up this response with this video of Bruce Campbell (in hilarious fashion) how they pitched Congo to him:



The pitch of a film is always key.

 

[H. Selassie]

It went how it was supposed to go but @ Larry’s team talking him outta Pulp Fiction and Diehard 3

 

[FaTaL]

Sam was amazing, but lets not act like Fish didn't have range.

He has range im just not sure he could of pulled off the Bible scene

 

[AJtheOne]

Pulp fiction isn't as good as people make it seem

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

They don’t even look alike!

I know but and their demeanours are different it’s probably because they both star as strong black alpha male leads