Samuel L. Jackson has given a second interview, this time to Time magazine. They also featured a new still photo from the movie which we haven’t seen before (scroll to the bottom to see it). Here’s what he had to say about the movie… it’s most a rehash of what we’ve heard before:
“I knew I was going to do the movie when I saw the title,” says Samuel L. Jackson… “I think I have an audience member’s sensibility, and the title just puts it all right out there. You either get it, or you don’t.” At various points, executives at New Line Cinema admit they did not get it. “They wanted to call it Pacific Air 121,” says Jackson. “I told them that was the stupidest damn thing I ever heard.”
When asked about the fact that fans have had an impact on the film, he replied:
“Personally, I think it’s great. They saved the movie.” When the actor first signed on, he and Ellis agreed that people who like the title are probably not easily offended. But when Jackson arrived for shooting, the script had been neutered to garner a PG-13 rating. “They restricted my cursing and restricted the gore. It was kind of a waste of time.”
And director David Ellis chimes in with a little bit more about where the movie’s going. Again, sort of a rehash of what we’ve heard before, but:
“Kids between 17 and 25 really want to see a little T. and A., so there’s a nice Mile High Club scene,” says Ellis. “And if you’re going to do an R-rated film, you have to go for the violence and the gore. So now every time a snake strikes somebody, we hold on that snake attack and get more impact out of it.”
And the winning quote from Ellis:
“I have no ego,” says Ellis. “You have to be smart enough to collaborate with everybody when you’re making a movie, so why not work with the people you’re making the movie for?”
Go read the whole story, and check out the new production still from the movie:
Giving the audience what they want? Genius!