{"id":22408,"date":"2013-09-04T14:03:49","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T12:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/jackson-wants-bolt-to-star-in-new-film\/"},"modified":"2013-09-04T14:03:49","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T12:03:49","slug":"jackson-wants-bolt-to-star-in-new-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/jackson-wants-bolt-to-star-in-new-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackson wants Bolt to star in new film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=15566\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15566\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15566 \" alt=\"Samuel L. Jackson. Photo: BBC\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/f4ee3_69634291_ir6fcmhe.jpg\" width=\"418\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samuel L. Jackson. Photo: BBC<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood actor Samuel L. Jackson stated that producers are trying to get Olympic champion Usain Bolt to star in Matthew Vaughn\u2019s next movie, The Secret Service.<\/p>\n<p>He confirmed David Beckham would be playing himself in the movie.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s thought filming will take place in London and other European cities.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson made the comments at the GQ Men of the Year awards in central London, where he presented the legend award to actor Michael Douglas.<\/p>\n<p>The big budget movie will see the Django Unchained star play the villain.<\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service is based on Mark Millar comic books and will see Colin Firth and Michael Caine play super agents.<\/p>\n<p>Reporters asked Jackson whether he thought footballers should enter the acting industry.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe world has changed in such an interesting way, fame is more important sometimes now than acting ability is in a certain way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that will be one of the unique aspects of this film, that there\u2019ll be people like David Beckham and hopefully Usain Bolt and other people that they have in the script. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more Usain Bolt news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/tag\/usain-bolt\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/f4ee3_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samuel L. Jackson. Photo: BBC Hollywood actor Samuel L. Jackson stated that producers are trying to get Olympic champion Usain Bolt to star in Matthew Vaughn\u2019s next movie, The Secret Service. He confirmed David Beckham would be playing himself in the movie. It\u2019s thought filming will take place in London and other European cities. 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