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Samuel L Jackson today revealed he “absolutely loves” Liverpool - and what made him become a Liverpool FC fan.

The Pulp Fiction star - who was recently named as the highest grossing actor of all time - told Radio One of his love for our city this morning.

He told Breakfast Show host Nick Grimshaw: “I love Liverpool, the city.

“It’s actually great, we had a great time. In fact, we actually drove down from Blackpool last year while we were shooting this film to have lunch."

“God, it’s changed. The whole river front has changed and there’s loads of nice tapas restaurants.

“I was kind of like ‘tapas in Liverpool?’ When I was originally there shooting...not so much.

“We found this amazing Chinese restaurant, too, which was right by where I was living, which was great.”

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As well as falling for the city, Jackson also told how he came to support the Reds after visiting Anfield to watch his first ever British football match.

Grimshaw admitted his own love of Liverpool FC had previously caused divides in his Man Utd-supporting family but thought Jackson ’s endorsement could convince them to switch sides.

He said: “I’m from Manchester, a proper Manchester United family. That is all anyone in my house talks about, but I went to uni in Liverpool and my dad was sort of [acting] like I was rebelling against my family and the city of Manchester because the football beef is so strong.”

(Image: Martin Ricketts.)

“He was like ‘I can’t believe you’re doing this to me’ - but you might me the man that makes my dad like Liverpool.”

Jackson replied: “That happened because I shot a film there and I had never been to a proper football game until I got to Liverpool.

“That was like my first football experience so that’s why particularly I am a Liverpool fan, that was my introduction to football and I spent a lot of time in the stadium singing ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’.”

The star was promoting his new film Mrs Perigrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, where he plays the role of ‘baddy’ Mr Barron.