The trades recently announced that Mia Goth had joined the cast of Marvel Studios' upcoming Blade reboot, but didn't share any details on her role. Now, thanks to the latest episode of The Hot Mic podcast, we may know which Marvel Comics character she'll be playing - and it probably won't come as a major surprise!
As many speculated, it sounds like Goth has indeed been enlisted to play Lilith... but which one?
There are two notable villains named Lilith in the comics, and both have had dealings with the titular Daywalker. We assume this will be the Daughter of Dracula and not the demonic sorceress that debuted in the pages of Ghost Rider, but there's a chance she could be an amalgamation of both characters.
Goth has appeared in the likes of Suspiria, X, and Pearl, and most recently gave an utterly insane performance in Brandon Cronenberg's Infinity Pool.
Yann Demange recently stepped in to replace Bassam Tariq as director on Blade, and the project also brought a new writer on board, with Emmy award-winning scribe Michael Starrbury hired to pen a brand-new script for the feature.
After pausing pre-production following Tariq's departure, it seems Kevin Feige and co. decided to go back to the drawing board for a "page-one rewrite," so whatever the original plan was for the Daywalker's MCU debut (not counting his off-screen voice cameo in Eternals' post-credits scene) may have changed significantly.
Given the violent nature of vampire-slaying hero, there's been some speculation that this reboot might join Deadpool 3 as the studio's first R-rated feature. However, while Blade is expected to be dark and gritty in tone, falling on the edgier side of Marvel fare, it sounds like the aim is still to bring it in at the usual PG-13/12.
Mahershala Ali is (thankfully) still set to play the title character. Production is scheduled to begin in Atlanta later this year, with the movie dated for release on September 6, 2024.