Samuel L. Jackson enters his Texas reign in ‘Frisco King’ first look | Exclusive

It's good to be "Frisco King" for Samuel L. Jackson, who stars in the crime drama spinoff of Sylvester Stallone's "Tulsa King."

Jackson, 77, lived it up to capture the swagger of his effusive hitman-turned-hustler, Russell Lee Washington Jr., in the Paramount+ series streaming later this year.

"We had a lotta MF’n Fun!!!" Jackson tells USA TODAY by email. "I just hope the audience enjoys it as much as I did living in this world over eight episodes."

Jackson has played integral roles in the MCU and the "Star Wars" movie universes. Now the iconic movie actor, previously Oscar-nominated for playing a Bible-quoting hitman in "Pulp Fiction," heads to the Taylor Sheridan Universe as a one-time assassin opening a criminal enterprise in suburban Texas.

Washington assembles an unlikely crew of young, wet-behind-the-ears associates for his operation, including entrepreneurial college dropout Teddy (newly minted "X-Men" Angel, Asa Germann), hotel valet Keith (Kai Caster), popular cheerleader London (Lilah Pate) and her friend and fellow cheerleader Avery (Savanna Gann).

Jackson's Washington was first introduced in “Tulsa King” Season 3. The assassin was sent to kill Oklahoma crime boss Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Stallone) by jealous New York mobsters. Instead, Washington switched sides, joining…

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