This Article is From Feb 11, 2016

Samuel L Jackson Was Racially Profiled by Cops During Pulp Fiction

Samuel L Jackson Was Racially Profiled by Cops During Pulp Fiction

Samuel L Jackson in a still from Pulp Fiction

London: Actor Samuel L Jackson says he was racially profiled by the police when he was filming Pulp Fiction.

The Hateful Eight actor, 67, shared his experiences with Vanity Fair and revealed that he had to go 'facedown in the middle of the road' because of the colour of his skin.

"All of a sudden, five sheriff's cars screeched up. The policemen surrounded us, guns pointed, lights in our face: 'Get on the ground!'. There we were, lying facedown in the middle of Santa Monica Boulevard. I finally said to the cops, 'Why are you doing this?' One of them said, 'Oh, we got a report of five black guys standing on the corner with guns and bats'," Mr Jackson said.

"I said, 'So when you pulled up and didn't see a bat - I mean, maybe we could've had a gun concealed on us, but you didn't see anything that looked like a bat'. What-ever," he added.

The actor said the incident made him realise that despite of being a Hollywood star, he would still have to "walk softly".

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