Samuel L. Jackson says he's still annoyed that Nick Fury was excluded from 'Captain America: Civil War'

• Samuel L. Jackson spoke about his Marvel character being left out of "Captain America: Civil War."
• In a roundtable interview for THR, the actor said he's still annoyed that Fury was excluded.

Samuel L. Jackson said that six years after the release of "Captain America: Civil War," he's still bothered that his Marvel character, Nick Fury, was excluded from the ensemble film.

"I fussed at them, I still fuss at them, about 'Civil War' because I'm like, 'How could the kids fight and Nick Fury not show up?' Like, 'What's going on here? Everybody go to your room,'" Jackson said in a new roundtable interview for The Hollywood Reporter with actors Michael Keaton, Oscar Isaac, Tom Hiddleston, Brian Cox, and Quincy Isaiah.

"But they didn't need me for that," he added. "They did, but they didn't."

In "Captain America: Civil War," conflict arose because of a difference of opinion regarding the Sokovia Accords, legal documents that were proposed to keep the superheroes in check and prevent them from operating independently. The characters sided with Steve Rogers or Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), and ultimately fought each other in the film's major battle scene.

Jackson has been part of the MCU since the 2018 film 'Iron Man'

Jackson made his Marvel Cinematic Debut as Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., in the 2008 film "Iron Man." The actor reprised the role for "Iron Man 2," "Thor," and "Captain America: The First Avenger." In the 2012 movie "The Avengers," his character assembled a group of the world's strongest superheroes in order to defend the planet.

Fury would continue to appear in standalone superhero movies as well as the "Avengers" films. However, he was noticeably missing from "Civil War," Chris Evans' third standalone movie as Steve Rogers/Captain America.

Jackson's comments in his THR roundtable were spurred by a discussion around getting to dive deeper into his Marvel character with the upcoming series "Secret Invasion."

"That was the thing about the Avengers movies, they all had different personalities and they were able to blossom once we got through the initial film," he said. "The initial film was to introduce these people to who they are and these are the things they can do. Now, this is how they interact and they're not all nice."

Jackson previously said he 'felt a way' about being excluded from 'Civil War'

The "Pulp Fiction" actor shared similar comments about Fury's exclusion from "Civil War" during an interview with Josh Horowitz for the podcast "Happy Sad Confused" in January 2019.

"There's lots of stuff you can do with him," Jackson said when asked if he felt like Fury was best utilized in the MCU. "But has he been used wisely? Yeah, except for things like 'Civil War.'"

"It's like, if all the Avengers are fucking fighting each other, where is their guardian? Where's that dude who comes in and goes, 'Alright, everybody go to your room. I'll be in there to talk to you in a minute,'" he said. "Either he's the guy that brought them together and he's the glue, or he's not. I felt a way about that."

"Civil War" co-screenwriter Christopher Markus explained Fury's absence in an interview with the Los Angeles Times in 2016, saying: "We didn't want him to take one side or the other because that's not his place in the universe."

Markus also said that Fury's presence would raise further questions about his involvement in the government, which "the movie did not have room for."

Despite his absence in "Civil War," Jackson returned for the end-credits scene of "Avengers: Infinity War," the 90s-set movie "Captain Marvel," "Avengers: Endgame," and "Spider-Man: Far from Home."

Next, he'll star in the Disney+ series "Secret Invasion" alongside Ben Mendelsohn, Olivia Colman, and Emilia Clarke. The show, which doesn't have a publicly known release date at present, is centered on Skrulls, a shape-shifting alien race first introduced in "Captain Marvel."