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Is Samuel L. Jackson in ‘Iron Man’ After All?
Is Samuel L. Jackson in ‘Iron Man’ After All?
Photo: Getty Images, Courtesy of Paramount When reviews of Iron Man started hitting the internet, fans anxious to see some awesome cameos were dealt a major bummer. Hilary Swank? Missing. Ghostface Killah? On the cutting room floor. But the worst news of all was that the highly anticipated appearance of Samuel L. Jackson as eye-patch-sporting Nick Fury, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., was nowhere ...
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Nick Fury IS in ‘Iron Man’ after all!
FlickFilosopher.com — ... knew that I opened the tape up. I never confirmed that Sam Jackson was in the movie.... I will tell you this: I pay attention to what people are talking about. The Internet is a big watercooler, and we're all allowed to take a sip from the cup.... I just want to have some surprises left for the fans. I care what they think, and I want to make sure they're happy. I think at the end of the day, they're going to be happy with how I handled this. New York Magazine ’s Vulture blog is thrilled with this deception . “[T]his is an impressive bit of film manipulation by Jon Favreau ...

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