Laurence Fishburne turned down a role in Pulp Fiction because of its ”cavalier” and “loose” portrayal of heroin use, the actor has revealed.
Fishburne was offered the iconic part of Jules Winnfield, famously played by Samuel L Jackson, in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 classic.
Sam f***ing sticks the movie in his pocket and walks away from it, walks into a f***ing leading-man career.”
Speaking to Vulture, Fishburne divulged that Winnfield’s character was written with “[him] in mind, but it wasn’t for me”.
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