Actor Samuel L. Jackson and director Quentin Tarantino always deliver exceptional work when they collaborate. Without a doubt, their most iconic work is 1994’s Pulp Fiction. With their frequent collabs, the two have developed a true friendship, however, there is one thing that Jackson hates about Tarantino, his wig choices.
While working in Pulp Fiction, Tarantino wanted Jackson’s character, Jules Winnfield, to sport an afro wig, something which Jackson was not a massive fan of. Finally, Jackson was able to convince Tarantino to let him sport a Jheri curl wig instead. In the end, Jules Winnfield’s hairstyle became one of the most iconic things about the character.
Samuel L. Jackson hated Quentin Tarantino’s wig choices
Everyone remembers Jules Winnfield’s Jheri curl in 1994’s Pulp Fiction, however, that only happened because of actor Samuel L. Jackson. While deciding Jackson’s character’s hairstyle, director Quentin Tarantino finalized an Afro wig, however, the production assistant accidentally got a Jheri curl wig instead. While Tarantino was mad, Jackson actually liked the idea of it. In a past interview, the actor recalled,
“And then I was like, ‘No, this is totally right!’ I put it on and we had this whole thing, and he started, you know, fussing about it, and I’m going, ‘look, man: NWA, everybody in NWA had a Jheri curl at that time, and this was perfect for Jules in that neighborhood.'”
It certainly made sense as the popular hip-hop group NWA popularised the hairstyle, however, there was an issue. The group broke up in early 1992 and the hairstyle was a thing of the 80s.
In another film, Samuel L. Jackson was disappointed with Quentin Tarantino’s wig choice
In 1997’s Jackie Brown, Samuel L. Jackson played the role of Ordell Robbie, a character that sported a ponytail. Once again, Tarantino was strictly against the idea, but Jackson did whatever he wanted. The actor recalled,
“Quentin and I had a big argument about Ordell’s hair because he was going through this whole thing about, ‘Guys don’t wear their hair like that anymore.’ I go, ‘But he’s stuck on Superfly! He’s stuck in this Superfly place, and you know, I want to do it.'”
Tarantino was not convinced but Jackson decided to get the wig ready and showed up at the production meeting wearing it. In the end, Tarantino had to give up.
Samuel L. Jackson and Quentin Tarantino are an iconic duo
Quentin Tarantino has directed 10 films, and Samuel L. Jackson has appeared in six of them. The duo has delivered outstanding work in blockbuster hits like Pulp Fiction (1994), Django Unchained (2012) and The Hateful Eight (2015).
The two constantly support each other and Jackson even defended Tarantino when he was bashed for the overuse of the N-word in his films. Fortunately, Tarantino’s terrible wig choices haven’t fazed their friendship.
Source: Variety
