Samuel Jackson hasn’t ever been too fond of rappers who make the jump to acting. He has cited it as a slap in the face of the many actors who work hard to achieve their dream. Now Sam is practicing what he’s preached- even if it costs him the opportunity to work with one of his favorite music icons.

So what’s holding Sam Jack back? The wall comes in the form of 50 Cent who will be in John Sheridan’s upcoming film titled “In America.” The actor was called for a role in the film and was elated, that is until he found out he’d be sharing the screen with 50.
According to contactmusic.com the actor stated…

“Hollywood people tend to think that because one is successful in one aspect of entertainment they can bring them into this particular world and make a success out of them. He continued “They ask people like me to be in a film with those people that they are kind of headlining and your name ends up behind them.

“If you do that, it sanctions the fact that these people come into this world and you think they are worthy of you sharing your time on screen with them. I don’t particularly think that…A month or so ago, someone called me about the 50 Cent movie and I’m like, ‘What are you calling me for?’ I don’t even need to read that because that’s not something I want to do.

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But Sam has no hard feelings about 50 personally, “I like listening to 50 Cent and I can groove to his music but I don’t want to groove to him on screen, just yet. Maybe if he does five movies and he shows some talent.

“I mean how does he get to work with Jim Sheridan and I don’t. What is it about 50 Cent that makes Jim Sheridan say, ‘I’d really like to make a movie with him.'”