Samuel L Jackson has said that he is a big fan of Irish actors, specially Ruth Negga.
The Irish-Ethiopian actress worked with the actor in 2012 on Fury
Since then she has been nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Loving in 2016.
But Samuel says he knew she was ‘special’ very soon after meeting her.
“When you’ve worked in the industry for as long as I have, you meet a lot of talented, hopeful new actors. But there are some, a few that have ‘it’, they’re special. I know I’m going to be seeing a lot more of them,” He said according to The Sun.
“Ruth, I didn’t know her work before, knew very little but I knew this — here is an actor who is going to do great things.
“She’s going to win an Oscar, it’s just one of those things you can’t explain why, you just know. She’s been nominated already, it’s just an eventuality.”
Samuel has worked with many other Irish actors including Bronagh Gallagher and Colin Farrell, and says that those he has worked with have a good work ethic.
“Irish actors, at least the Irish actors I’ve worked with, they’ve got this great attitude on set.
“They work hard and there’s no bulls***. I like working with actors who get the job done.”
