Whereas selling his new Atlanta-based present, Samuel L. Jackson is supporting the Falcons on their house turf.
The honorary Oscar winner seems in a cinematic opening sequence this weekend for Sunday Night Football, airing 7pm ET on NBC on Peacock, as the house crew faces off towards defending Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs.
“The challenges come at you quick and so they come at you livid… by no means extra so when their names are Kelce and Mahomes,” he says within the opening.
Jackson continues, “It’s about combating with every thing you’ve obtained to outlive… and benefiting from nights that may get everybody speaking about you in another way… nights like this the place you play exhausting, hit exhausting, and stand up!”
Throughout the phase, Jackson additionally recollects promoting concessions on the Falcons’ former Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium house within the ’60s. He studied dramatic arts at Atlanta’s Morehouse Faculty earlier than breaking out as an actor.
Jackson and Fight Night government producer Will Packer are additionally set to attend Sunday’s recreation.
Based mostly on the acclaimed iHeart true-crime podcast, Combat Night time follows the notorious story of how an armed theft on the night time of Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback combat modified not just one man’s life however in the end reworked Atlanta into the ‘Black Mecca’.
Combat Night time additionally stars Kevin Hart (additionally an EP), Taraji P. Henson, Don Cheadle and Terrence Howard. New episodes can be found Thursdays on Peacock.
