“We’re Having A Great F——ing Time”

Abstract

• Samuel L. Jackson defends his involvement in The Hitman’s Bodyguard and its sequel, saying he made the films for enjoyable and to work with Ryan Reynolds.
• The unique script of The Hitman’s Bodyguard was rewritten to accommodate Jackson and Ryan Reynolds, altering the tone to a buddy-comedy.
• Jackson is not involved concerning the sequel’s field workplace flop or essential reception, as he made the films for enjoyable.

Samuel L. Jackson defends making The Hitman’s Bodyguard after the action-comedy film’s 2021 sequel flopped on the field workplace. Launched in 2017, The Hitman’s Bodyguard paired Jackson with Ryan Reynolds in an old-school buddy action-comedy a couple of personal safety specialist defending a infamous hitman on his approach to testify towards a thuggish dictator. After the movie grossed $183 million, a 2021 sequel was launched, however the follow-up The Hitman’s Spouse’s Bodyguard did nowhere close to in addition to the unique, grossing simply $70 million worldwide.

With The Hitman’s Bodyguard 3 trying like a dim chance at finest, Jackson is now talking out towards individuals who malign his involvement within the authentic film and its disappointing sequel, telling his critics that he made the films for enjoyable and since he set to work with Reynolds. Take a look at what Jackson needed to say in an interview with Vulture:

There’s no different cause to do one thing just like the Hitman’s Bodyguard aside from desirous to be in that area with anyone like Ryan Reynolds, who’s simply an infinite quantity of enjoyable to be with. I don’t assume the Hitman’s Bodyguard is an A-list film in anyone’s class. However I additionally know that if it’s me and Ryan and we’re having a very good f——ng time, lots of people are going to look at it they usually’re going to be like, That is f——ng nice. We modified the tone of that materials as a result of we did it.

How Jackson and Reynolds Modified The Hitman’s Bodyguard

The unique Hitman’s Bodyguard script by Tom O’Connor was featured on the 2011 Black Record rundown of the very best unproduced screenplays, however was swiftly rewritten within the weeks earlier than the movie shot with a view to accommodate Reynolds and Jackson. As Reynolds defined in a 2017 interview with Vice, the film was meant to be dramatic, however the tone modified when he and Jackson signed on. “I do not assume this film would work if it was critical,” Reynolds mentioned in defending the change of tone.

Transforming The Hitman’s Bodyguard as a buddy-comedy, the higher to capitalize on Reynolds and Jackson’s specific skills, was clearly the appropriate transfer given the movie’s field workplace efficiency. The enjoyable Jackson and Reynolds had making the movie interprets on to the display, and was appreciated by the viewers. Sadly, not sufficient of that viewers turned out for the The Hitman’s Spouse’s Bodyguard, which got here out after a COVID delay.

As his current remarks make plain, Jackson isn’t involved that the sequel to The Hitman’s Bodyguard flopped on the field workplace whereas being maligned by critics (as mirrored by its 26% Rotten Tomatoes rating), as a result of he made it for enjoyable anyway. As an actor with a number of blockbusters and a lifetime achievement Oscar on his resume, Jackson could make no matter film he desires, for no matter cause he desires.

Supply: Vulture