Samuel L. Jackson Thought He Would Die Making Marvel Movies

Samuel L. Jackson first appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe all the way back in 2008 with Iron Man.

It was that movie which really kicked things off for this franchise, signaling a much bigger hero world beyond just Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark. Sure, for Fury it was just a post-credits scene, but again, these were the beginning stages of the massive structure we see now.