Samuel L. Jackson confirms recession has cost him Nick Fury

Samuel L. Jackson has confirmed to IGN that the recession has hit Marvel Films hard and that they can no longer afford him to pay him to make cameo's in IRON MAN 2, CAPTAIN AMERICA, THE AVENGERS etc. You can see him make the announcement in a video over at Worst Previews, which you can find HERE. Marvel, remember, already dropped Terrence Howard from IRON MAN 2 because of his outlandish wages and swapped with Don Cheadle who was willing to work cheaper. From what we've been hearing also, Mickey Rourke is taking on a much decreased wage packet to play Crymson Dynamo in the sequel in the hope that the added exposure to his Oscar nominated turn in THE WRESTLER will see him right for a lot more roles in the next 10 years. Or maybe it's just that he has seen the future and the days of the big wage packets are truly gone. Maybe Samuel L. Jackson is still living in a dream world. And well let's be honest, has he really been worth the money studio's have thrown at him over the past five years? Does his name really mean anything to a project these days? I can't help but think Jackson is being short sighted here. He should be taking a massive pay cut for a few days "work" (it's hardly work the scenes he has been involved in) with the hope that the building of his character will eventually lead to a nice payday in a NICK FURY movie somewhere down the road. Will you miss Big Sam from the Marvel canon? I won't... I can easy forget a very brief cameo from the end of the credits of IRON MAN. Personally, I'm hoping they keep Clark Gregg, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who harassed Tony Stark in the original. I would rather see more of him.