MORBIUS Star Tyrese Gibson Appears To Campaign For Oscar-Winner Mahershala Ali's BLADE Role

MORBIUS Star Tyrese Gibson Appears To Campaign For Oscar-Winner Mahershala Ali's BLADE Role

Morbius star Tyrese Gibson (Fast & Furious) has confused fans on social media by appearing to campaign for the role of Blade, despite the fact Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali is bringing him to the MCU...

By JoshWilding - Apr 15, 2022 11:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Blade

Fast & Furious star Tyrese Gibson is a unique character, and frequently makes headlines for his quirky behaviour on social media. Recently, the Morbius star was fooled into thinking Martin Scorsese had given the Living Vampire's movie a glowing review, and he now appears to be campaigning for the role of Blade (which has already been taken by Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali).

The context behind the post isn't clear, but the comments section is already full of people wondering who is going to break it to Gibson that he won't be getting the chance to play the Daywalker.

It's always possible he's just having fun and pointing out the similar facial hair, while he might also be rooting for a team-up between Blade and his Morbius character Agent Simon Stroud. Either way, that won't be happening; despite Gibson's claims that Sony's movie took place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the critically panned blockbuster is part of Sony's Marvel Universe.

The belief is that much of Gibson's role in Morbius was cut as he talked beforehand about having superpowers and doing a lot of action scenes. While we caught a glimpse of his cybernetic hand, it was a total non-factor in the movie we watched in theaters, a sign, perhaps, his original role just didn't work. 

Check out Gibson's mysterious Instagram post below:
 

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kRAVENkIaw
kRAVENkIaw - 4/15/2022, 11:17 AM
Earn that paycheck, Tyrese.
Killuminatic
Killuminatic - 4/15/2022, 12:05 PM
@kRAVENkIaw - Our new T'Challa was right there, RIGHT THERE!!! What was Feige thinking not recasting?!
kazuma
kazuma - 4/15/2022, 12:23 PM
@kRAVENkIaw - Tyrese PAID to be in the Transformers movies. I don't think he knows how to earn a paycheck lol
kRAVENkIaw
kRAVENkIaw - 4/15/2022, 12:27 PM
@Killuminatic - Just recast the entire MCU with Tyrese, honestly.
kRAVENkIaw
kRAVENkIaw - 4/15/2022, 12:28 PM
@kazuma - He WHAT?!
DanFlashesShirt
DanFlashesShirt - 4/15/2022, 12:54 PM
@Killuminatic - …are you saying tyrese should have been cast as T’challa????
Himura
Himura - 4/15/2022, 2:07 PM
@kRAVENkIaw - I would unironically love to see this
BringFFtoMCU
BringFFtoMCU - 4/15/2022, 11:19 AM
I think he’s just comparing his facial hair to Blade’s. Chill, internet.
Mugens
Mugens - 4/15/2022, 11:20 AM
@BringFFtoMCU - I would hope so, he can't possibly be that clueless. Or can he???
Evansly
Evansly - 4/15/2022, 11:23 AM
@Mugens - He did think the fake comments from Scorsese were real so it could very well be clueless
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 4/15/2022, 11:27 AM
@BringFFtoMCU - agreed… but also while trying to maybe get attention towards a movie he’s in.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 4/15/2022, 11:45 AM
@BringFFtoMCU - he’s definitely just comparing facial hair and that’s it. The headline is very misleading but you know what they’re going to say… “Josh is going to Wilding”.
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 4/15/2022, 2:56 PM
@WruceBayne - nah he did this same thing comparing himself to MLK lmao
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 4/15/2022, 11:25 AM
Wouldn't be surprised if he does indeed think Morbius takes place in the MCU and his character meeting Blade is a natural progression of the character.

That said, if another Marvel character appears in the Blade movie I want it to be Captain Britain.
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 4/15/2022, 11:25 AM
“ The Batman star Barry Keoghan arrested in Dublin for ‘intoxicated’ public order incident”

Joker: Hey Batman can you help me out with a little bail.
Batman: You got the wrong Batman.
DalekCraigWasson
DalekCraigWasson - 4/15/2022, 11:38 AM
@slickrickdesigns - Jesus Christ, DC can pick 'em. Although Amazon's Anthony Starr going full "You know who I am?" at a bar would be terrifying even if he didn't play Homelander, but seeing Homelander do that would make me shit myself.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 4/15/2022, 11:55 AM
@slickrickdesigns - Warner removing his scene from the movie

ElricReturns
ElricReturns - 4/15/2022, 12:02 PM
@DalekCraigWasson - DC can pick em?

LMFAO

Dude.... he was a cameo in the film for all of a minute. But remember that MARVEL movie he stared in and is attached to star in its sequel....

But sure, DC knows how to pick em....
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 4/15/2022, 12:03 PM
@slickrickdesigns - Celebrity is hell of a Druig.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 4/15/2022, 12:07 PM
@ElricReturns - Yes, but who even remember that movie??? he is playing the new JOKER, that's big.
DalekCraigWasson
DalekCraigWasson - 4/15/2022, 12:41 PM
@ElricReturns - Yeah, cause DC had someone else arrested in a bar like two weeks ago?? Marvel has insane antivaxxers like Letitia Wright and Evangeline Lilly, and if Marvel had someone else besides Keoghan get arrested for their behavior at a bar, I would have mentioned it too, which is why I also brought up Amazon and Anthony Starr. Not everything is a Marvel vs DC thing LOL.
KurtLazner
KurtLazner - 4/15/2022, 12:56 PM
@DalekCraigWasson - You do realize just bc some people don't want to get vaccinated doesn't make them an insane antivaxxer lol
DalekCraigWasson
DalekCraigWasson - 4/15/2022, 12:58 PM
@MrDitkovich - LMFAO how did I magically guess that part would get someone riled up?
KurtLazner
KurtLazner - 4/15/2022, 1:03 PM
@DalekCraigWasson - I'm not riled up lol, I just think vaxxers are way too pushy and treat people who don't want to get vaccinated like they're insane when it's simply a choice
Himura
Himura - 4/15/2022, 2:12 PM
@MrDitkovich - They ARE insane when we've been getting vaccinated for a loooooong time now before they became politicized. Sure, they have a choice not to get it but when they choice actively endangers other people, then its also the other people's choice not to want to worry about getting sick cuz of a dumbass.
RolandD
RolandD - 4/15/2022, 4:00 PM
@MrDitkovich - Variants are cropping up in the MCU because of efforts by the Lokis and Dr. Strange. Variants of COVID keep cropping up in our world in large part due to antivaxxers, but yeah, it’s a choice.
Magikarpex
Magikarpex - 4/15/2022, 5:40 PM
@DalekCraigWasson - Yeah, drunk in his own hotel room. What an absolute monster.
Chuck420Taylor
Chuck420Taylor - 4/15/2022, 5:53 PM
@DalekCraigWasson - shit even without Homelander his Lucas Hood character would kick anyone's ass. 'Banshee' character before The Boys fyi.
DalekCraigWasson
DalekCraigWasson - 4/15/2022, 6:30 PM
@Magikarpex - Didn't hear the details till just now. Dude did nothing wrong and I'm sorry for the comment.
TheSuperMex
TheSuperMex - 4/15/2022, 11:26 AM
People post them looking similar to comic characters all the time. Doesn’t mean he is campaigning but I wouldn’t be shocked if he was doing that.
RolandD
RolandD - 4/15/2022, 4:00 PM
@TheSuperMex - Slow news day. 😉
da2213viking
da2213viking - 4/15/2022, 11:27 AM

How about no Tyrese
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 4/15/2022, 11:27 AM
Tyrese sucks!

da2213viking
da2213viking - 4/15/2022, 11:30 AM
Yo anyone else see Everything everywhere all at once yet? That movie got me buzzing hard from the showing last night. Absolute masterpiece of film
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