SAMUEL L JACKSON - JACKSON'S ARRANGED MARRIAGE

Actor SAMUEL L JACKSON married his wife LaTANYA RICHARDSON after she planned the entire ceremony without his knowledge - or his consent.

The PULP FICTION star was living with Richardson, when she handed him a printed invitation to his own wedding.

He explains, "I came home one day and she had this stack of things (invitations) and she gave me one and said, 'Be here.'

"(The wedding) happened to be on a Monday, because we were all doing theatre in New York and she had all these girls that were going to be bridesmaids - she had 23 bridesmaids.

"It was a huge production - I had to borrow friends to walk with all these girls."

He adds, "We had dancers and singers. It was such a big production that it got reviewed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (newspaper) in the entertainment section.

"It was the best show in town that week!"

The actor and his wife, who also appears in his film current film FREEDOMLAND, have been together for 36 years.