Samuel L. Jackson has starred in almost every genre of film in cinema. Yet, even as a leading man, he hasn’t had too many on-screen love interests.

Samuel L. Jackson hasn’t made out with many women on-screen

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Hayek belonged to perhaps a handful of actors who made out with Jackson on the big screen. The two starred together recently in The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, and there was a strong romantic element between the two. Which, despite his decades of experience, was new territory for Jackson.

“We had that conversation earlier today, when I told her she is one of maybe five women I have kissed in my cinematic history,” Jackson said in an interview with the Irish News. “It’s all fresh to me because I don’t do it that often, so it’s always kind of an experiment.”

On the flip side, Hayek has kissed several on-screen leading men during her time in the spotlight. The actor ranked Jackson’s kissing skills up there with the best. So much so she felt it was a shame other actors didn’t experience it.

“I feel bad, because he’s such a good kisser. I feel bad for the best of the actresses that have been missing out. I feel bad but I feel honoured at the same time,” Hayek said. “In contrast I have kissed almost every actor I have ever worked with and I’ve done I don’t know how many movies. Lately less, I’m surely I will be retiring from the kissing very soon, but I’m always the girl that gets kissed in the movies and I’ve got to tell you that Sam is up there as one of the best ones.”

The amount of nude scenes the Marvel star has done in his career might be even less than the amount of female co-stars he’s made out with on-screen. In an interview on The Howard Stern Show (via Entertainment Tonight), Jackson joked that he avoided doing nude love scenes because of his aura.

“My aura’s so big, I don’t know if my d*** is big enough to fill my aura,” he said.

But he clarified that the real reason he didn’t do too many nude scenes was how much of a hassle they were.

“You ask before you start, ‘Where can I touch you? Where shouldn’t I touch you?’ Then you apologize for both reasons. ‘I’m sorry if I get excited’ and ‘I’m sorry if I don’t.’ Because sometimes it just ain’t happening,” he said.