Last month when Jake Hamilton, a film journalist with Houston Fox affiliate KRIV-TV, began to ask Jackson a question about the use of the N-word in Quentin Tarantino's latest movie, the actor cut him off and refused to answer unless Hamilton said the full word. “Have you ever said it? Try it! We’re not going to have this conversation unless you try it,” Jackson said. Hamilton declined and moved on to another question. The rather awkward-to-watch footage went viral this week.
In an interview with BuzzFeed, the journalist revealed his thoughts on the exchange, saying he never considered using the full word, but did think about walking out of the room. "He's an intimidating guy. I've talked to him once before for The Avengers and that interview went okay,” Hamilton said of Jackson. "But it's one of those things where I have my own set of moral values, just like anybody else and I'm not going to compromise them for anyone, much less a celebrity.”
He also revealed what his question would have been, had he been allowed to ask it. "My question was going to be,” Hamilton said, “where is that line between that word being offensive and that word being art? What does it take for an actor to read a word like that on a script page and say ‘ok, I'll say it.’"
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