Halle’s Berries

It must be hell being Samuel L Jackson's publicist. You send him into an interview promising that he'll plug his latest movie and steer clear of controversy and then he blows it all by eulogising the artistic and financial merits of Halle Berry's tits. In an interview with this month's Empire magazine, Jackson is explaining the effect that Pam Grier had on him when he first saw her in a movie when he suddenly reveals the untold truth about nekked ladies and the cinema. 'It's just that part of the cinematic experience for us as guys is to see girls naked. As sad as that it it's true.' According to Jackson it's also a matter of financial sense for the moviemakers to show as much flesh as possible. 'It's worth millions,' Jackson explains. 'Think about Swordfish, for example. I mean don't get me wrong, Halle Berry's tits are very nice tits. In fact, Halle, if you're reading this, they're great tits. But, pure tit factor aside, what they also represent is probably an extra $20 million on the Swordfish box office.' You can read the full unexpurgated interview with Samuel L Jackson in the January issue of Empire magazine which is out on the newsstands on 1 December 2001 in a special double cover edition celebrating the release of The Lord of the Rings.