Jackson’s Golf Deal
By WENNFriday, May 7, 2010
SAMUEL L. JACKSON has a “perk package” written into his movie contracts - he has to break from filming to play golf two days a week.
Producers have to agree to pay for his course fees before he signs up for films.
He says, “It’s part of my perk package… Two days off, they have to pay for it. Generally, the way they make that happen is they just move me onto a golf course when they send me to town.
“My assistant generally has the responsibility of finding the new courses, setting up the tee times and giving me the directions.”
Jackson’s golfing deal was tested recently while he was shooting The Sunset Limited in New Mexico.
He explains, “I was just doing a film with Tommy Lee Jones in Santa Fe, so they moved me into a golf community - the two best golf courses in Santa Fe… (and) they closed the golf course three days after I got there.
“I couldn’t go out there and play because it just wasn’t open. I had to find places to play. I’d drive about an hour away and go up to about 6,000 feet… to play.”
