David Hasselhoff Thought His Nick Fury Was Better Than Sam Jackson’s, Quickly Realizes It Wasn’t

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How do you very quickly get the geekosphere to rise up against you? Suggest you’re better than Samuel L. Jackson.

That’s kind of what David Hasselhoff insinuated in an interview with Yahoo. The man who played Nick Fury in the 1998 telefilm Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.E.I.L.D. tried to tip-toe around it, but when asked, he obviously thought his Nick Fury was better than Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury in the Marvel movies.

“You know, it wasn’t Nick Fury,” he said. “They take these shows and they make it the way they want to make it and unfortunately, they should have had Stan Lee on the set and let him kick him into gear – whoever directed [Avengers] decided they wanted to go that way. But it’s their prerogative. He’s still a great actor.”

Two quick lessons here:

1. Don’t ever suggest that you’re better than Sam Jackson at anything.
2. Refer to Joss Whedon as “whoever” and the geek gods will rain hellfire upon you.

ANYWAY, despite being “the first Nick Fury” Hasselhoff quickly realized that he pissed off a whole lot of people, so he took to Twitter to, well, this…

Set the record straight..Samuel Jackson is one of my favorite actors, a friend and I wish him well in all his roles especially Nick Fury !

— David Hasselhoff (@DavidHasselhoff) September 5, 2013

Remember, Hasselhoff, no matter how many talking cars you drive or how many eye patches you wear, being “Thirsty for Love” and hamburgers will always define you.  Though you can say one thing: Sam Jackson doesn’t have anything on that singing voice.