{"id":50891,"date":"2020-08-21T01:04:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T22:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-real-reason-laurence-fishburne-turned-down-pulp-fiction-role\/"},"modified":"2020-08-21T01:04:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T22:04:00","slug":"the-real-reason-laurence-fishburne-turned-down-pulp-fiction-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-real-reason-laurence-fishburne-turned-down-pulp-fiction-role\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Real Reason Laurence Fishburne Turned Down Pulp Fiction Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Real Reason Laurence Fishburne Turned Down Pulp Fiction Role<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\nLaurence Fishburne is offering his side of the story as to why he turned down a starring role in <strong><em>Pulp Fiction<\/em><\/strong>, refuting claims from director Quentin Tarantino that the part just wasn&#8217;t big enough for him. Very famous for his well-known roles in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> like <em>The Matrix<\/em> trilogy and TV shows like <em>CSI<\/em>, Fishburne came very close to adding Tarantino&#8217;s Oscar-winning flick to his body of work as well. However, the actor now says that the movie&#8217;s famous heroin overdose scene was ultimately what prevented his potential casting.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Tarantino spoke about the characters in <em>Pulp Fiction<\/em>, revealing that he had written the part of murderous gangster Jules Winnfield specifically for Fishburne. According to Tarantino, <strong><em>Laurence Fishburne<\/em><\/strong> turned down the role because it wasn&#8217;t a leading man part that would have featured his name getting top billing. This opened the door for Samuel L. Jackson to step into the career-making role, forever turning Jackson into one of Hollywood&#8217;s most beloved stars. <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>arently, all&#8217;s well that ends well, but Fishburne is still taking issue with Tarantino&#8217;s recollection of events.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Tarantino&#8217;s story, Fishburne disputed the claims that he turned down <em>Pulp Fiction<\/em> over the size of the offered role. &#8220;I just had a problem with the way the heroin use was dealt with,&#8221; Fishburne said in a new interview. &#8220;I just felt it was a little cavalier, and it was a little loose. I felt like it made heroin use attractive. For me, it&#8217;s not just my character. It&#8217;s, &#8216;What is the whole thing saying?&#8217;&#8230;It wasn&#8217;t about my character in <em>Pulp Fiction<\/em>. It was about the way in which the heroin thing was delivered. And the whole f&#8212;ing thing with the hypodermic and the adrenaline shot? No.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fishburne fans also shouldn&#8217;t expect to see him in The Matrix 4 when the upcoming sequel is released in 2022. Although the movie will feature many returning stars from the franchise, including Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Jada Pinkett-Smith, Fishburne recently revealed that he did not get an invite to reprise his role as Morpheus in the new movie. &#8220;I wish them well. I hope it&#8217;s great,&#8221; Fishburne said of the sequel, making it clear that he is hopeful for the movie&#8217;s success even without his involvement. The movie is currently filming and is scheduled to be released in theaters on April 1, 2022, barring any further production delays.<\/p>\n<p>These days, Fishburne can be seen in a recurring role on the popular comedy series <em>Black-ish<\/em>. He continues to appear in movies as well, recently starring in the third installment of the John Wick movie franchise. There&#8217;s a good chance he&#8217;ll be appearing in the next <em>John Wick<\/em> movie as well, which will be shot back-to-back with the fifth installment. Perhaps we will never know what Fishburne would have been like in the role of Jules Winnfield in <em>Pulp Fiction<\/em>, but the accomplished actor has still definitely brought to life many other great roles for his fans to enjoy. 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