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A US entertainment reporter has been forced to apologise after apparently mistaking Samuel L Jackson for Laurence Fishburne during an excruciating live television interview.A US entertainment reporter has been forced to apologise after apparently mistaking Samuel L Jackson for Laurence Fishburne during an excruciating live television interview.
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Jackson was promoting his new film, Jose Padilha's newly released remake of the classic 1987 sci-fi satire RoboCop, when Los Angeles station KTLA's Sam Rubin asked him if he had received a lot of reaction for his recent Super Bowl commercial. Unfortunately for Rubin the event's standout TV spot, an advert for Kia cars, featured Fishburne reprising his portrayal of Morpheus from the Matrix films.Jackson was promoting his new film, Jose Padilha's newly released remake of the classic 1987 sci-fi satire RoboCop, when Los Angeles station KTLA's Sam Rubin asked him if he had received a lot of reaction for his recent Super Bowl commercial. Unfortunately for Rubin the event's standout TV spot, an advert for Kia cars, featured Fishburne reprising his portrayal of Morpheus from the Matrix films.
Jackson immediately took the reporter to task for his glaring error. "What Super Bowl commercial?" he asked. "You're as crazy as the people on Twitter! I'm not Laurence Fishburne. We don't all look alike!"Jackson immediately took the reporter to task for his glaring error. "What Super Bowl commercial?" he asked. "You're as crazy as the people on Twitter! I'm not Laurence Fishburne. We don't all look alike!"
With Rubin desperately trying to apologise or move the conversation on, Jackson continued to press home his advantage. "You're the entertainment reporter for this station and you don't know the difference between me and Laurence Fishburne?" he asked. "There must be a very short line for your job."With Rubin desperately trying to apologise or move the conversation on, Jackson continued to press home his advantage. "You're the entertainment reporter for this station and you don't know the difference between me and Laurence Fishburne?" he asked. "There must be a very short line for your job."
Jackson then proceeded to list those US adverts he had been a part of, and those which other black actors such as Fishburne and Morgan Freeman had filmed. "I'm the other guy … the other one. 'What's in your wallet?'" he said, in a reference to his commercials for Capital One credit cards. "There's more than one black guy doing a commercial. I'm the 'What's in your wallet?' black guy. [Fishburne's] the car black guy. Morgan Freeman is the other credit card black guy. You only hear his voice, though, so you probably won't confuse him with Laurence Fishburne.Jackson then proceeded to list those US adverts he had been a part of, and those which other black actors such as Fishburne and Morgan Freeman had filmed. "I'm the other guy … the other one. 'What's in your wallet?'" he said, in a reference to his commercials for Capital One credit cards. "There's more than one black guy doing a commercial. I'm the 'What's in your wallet?' black guy. [Fishburne's] the car black guy. Morgan Freeman is the other credit card black guy. You only hear his voice, though, so you probably won't confuse him with Laurence Fishburne.
"We may be all black and famous, but we all don't look alike," Jackson pointed out."We may be all black and famous, but we all don't look alike," Jackson pointed out.
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Rubin later posted a full apology on the KTLA website, suggesting he had intended to reference the Super Bowl advert for Captain America, part of the series of Marvel superhero films in which Jackson plays Nick Fury.Rubin later posted a full apology on the KTLA website, suggesting he had intended to reference the Super Bowl advert for Captain America, part of the series of Marvel superhero films in which Jackson plays Nick Fury.
"First and foremost, I do know who Samuel L Jackson is. I've interviewed him several times over the years, but never quite like the conversation we just had," he wrote. "I indicated to Samuel that I'd seen him during the Super Bowl, and he thought that I had confused him with the commercial Laurence Fishburne had done for a car company. Of course a Captain America ad had also run during the Super Bowl, but I immediately felt so dumb, I didn't bring that up — and he gave me the shellacking that was well deserved."First and foremost, I do know who Samuel L Jackson is. I've interviewed him several times over the years, but never quite like the conversation we just had," he wrote. "I indicated to Samuel that I'd seen him during the Super Bowl, and he thought that I had confused him with the commercial Laurence Fishburne had done for a car company. Of course a Captain America ad had also run during the Super Bowl, but I immediately felt so dumb, I didn't bring that up — and he gave me the shellacking that was well deserved.
"I pride myself on the fact — that unlike a lot of people who do this kind of work — more often than not, I really do know what I'm talking about. But I didn't 30 minutes ago, and I'm really embarrassed about it, and I very much apologise to Samuel L Jackson and anyone else who was offended for what was a very amateur mistake.""I pride myself on the fact — that unlike a lot of people who do this kind of work — more often than not, I really do know what I'm talking about. But I didn't 30 minutes ago, and I'm really embarrassed about it, and I very much apologise to Samuel L Jackson and anyone else who was offended for what was a very amateur mistake."