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Jackson Signs Without Reading Script

Pulp Fiction star Samuel L. Jackson was so amused by the title of new movie Snakes On A Plane, he signed up without reading the script. The movie features an assassin who intends to kill a passenger on a flight by releasing a batch of deadly snakes. Jackson explains, "I didn't even read the script - I just saw the title, 'Snakes on a Plane' and said 'Ok, good. I'm there.' You have got to love that. That's exactly what it is - 500 poisonous snakes released on a flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles. They are (set free) on a time release half-way there, so we can't go back, we've got to keep going. It's fun!"

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I remember when that movie was announced for the first time... maybe a year ago or so. I think it was even somewhere around April 1st *g*. Anyway, nobody believed it. Everybody was like "This has got to be a joke!" But then the movie stayed listed, there were more reports about it, a release date was named, a trailer released... And then everybody realized, "OMG it's not a joke! O.O;;;" Then the voices were raised, "Uhm... what were they smoking when they thought of that title???" and general ridicule and mockery ensued, vastly directed at Samuel L. Jackson for signing up for such a stupid movie. So, reading this newsbit really amuses and pleases me, because apparently Jackson was very much aware of how dumb the movie is and he just did it "for the lulz". Cool guy.