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Show UJ z CJ u J. in i i ''''' '''' New Line Pictures (Samuel L Jackson ) must fight a plane load of loose deadly snakes in "Snakes on a Plane. " ' On board a flight, Nelville Ffynn 'Action' Jackson is ready to kick some snaky butt Sandy Cohen snake trainer? Jackson: He's a snake handler. He's a snake wrangler. been a gangster and There's no such thing as a business snake trainer. You can't teach a distraught a snake to roll over and sit up. father and a disgraced police They just don't take orders. ' Who trusts that? officer, a scientist and a Jedi is AP: else What going on Knight. besides "Snakes"? In his latest role, Samuel L. Jackson: "Afro Samurai" is Jackson is a snake-slayean animated series that's going Jackson stars in one of the to be on Spike. I still have to summer's most anticipated finish the voice work for it and movies, the engangingly, irresistibly titled thriller "Snakes they haven't finished animaton a Plane." ing it yet. Then there's "Home He helped promote the mov- of the Brave," probably out in ie last month at the country's December, with Jessica Biel, Christina Ricci, Brian Presley . biggest comic book convenand 50 Cent. "Black Snake tion, Comic-Con- , by wearing Moan" is coming out next an albino Burmese python around his neck. It's the closest year! That's a good little film. AP: And then you have somehe came to his slithery screen companions (agent's orders, thing with penguins? he says). Still, Jackson was as Jackson: "Farce of the Pencool as Jules Winnf ield, the guins." It's a spoof. I do a scripture-spoutinhit man he Morgan Freeman role. It's just played so well in "Pulp Fiction" like the other one, except it's ( 1994) that he was nominated penguins on the dark side. AP: What would be your for an Academy Award nomination. dream role? He chatted with The AssociJackson: Movies aren't like ated Press about his latest role theater.1 You can't say, "Well and tendencies. I'm old enough now to do 'Hamlet.' " You just keep goAP: How was it working ing. You just hope good scripts with the snakes on this movie? come by and good stories come Jackson: I 'm fine with snakes. by and you pick the right ones and just enjoy yourself. It's all Fortunately for me, when about the stories and the charthings start happening, when the snakes originally show acters on the inside. You never know until they show up. up on the plane, I'm kind of AP: You have done films in upstairs. When I come down, the snakes are in one part of every genre. Which appeals to the plane and I herd people out you the most? of there and block that part of Jackson: It's all about the the plane off, so I very seldom stories and characters. My allecome in contact with them. My giance is to work. Some people are good at certain things. I agent didn't let them put live snakes close to me. tend to think I can do a lot of AP: You didn't trust the things. I think I can do all of it. THE 2006 FARMER'S MARKET FRESH PRODUCE WEEKLY AND A WIDE VARIETY OF AR7S AND CRAFTS. ASSOCIATED He's r. FRIDAYS J 3- -7 0 pm August 4 through October 6 The Village at Thanksgiving Point i - I. August 4 - August I August I 1 1 1 Corn reaches ' 18 August 25 f Merries Tomatoes i I - I ! September 29 Vegplabks (Beans, Zucchini, 5i7i; 10 . ' 2??r f I 22 September 0 . Perthes September.& September 15 October 6 1 a Melons genre-hoppin- I September 1 I g t ' 1 Cucumbers, Tonutoes, etc.) Pumpkins 'Produce of the Week subject to change as per Mother Nature. J g PRESS |