Wesley Snipes Isn't Ready To Give Up Playing Blade Just Yet

Wesley Snipes Isn't Ready To Give Up Playing Blade Just Yet

Speaking to Deadline, the actor revealed that he might be interested in portraying the Daywalker again. Of course, he's not the only one!

By MarkCassidy - Oct 20, 2010 03:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Blade
Source: Deadline

Wesley Snipes has had a few problems recently. Well that's an understatement. The actor was looking at 3 year stint in prison for a little misunderstanding with the IRS. Now he's back and looking to make movies again. During an interview with Deadline about an upcoming producing gig on Code Name Zorro, which focuses on FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover's vendetta against Martin Luther King Jr., Snipes told them that he might not be ready to hand up the Vamp killing gear just yet.



"Acting is my main lane, and I’m planning to expand that, taking the success of films like Blade and marinating that into something that flourishes. Maybe we get around to doing another Blade, except, from what I’m reading, every other actor is talking about playing him, and nobody is talking to Wesley. How strange that they don’t come and talk to me about it.”

Those other actors Snipes is referring to would include Idris Elba and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje who have both expressed interest in possibly taking over from Snipes as the Marvel Comics vampire hunter. Snipes has played Blade in three previous movies, the third being, well, shite to put it bluntly. There is no denying that Snipes did a great job as Blade. I'm sure many fans would be very happy to see him reprise the role.


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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 10/20/2010, 4:06 PM
And nor he should be...

He's too perfect for BLADE to give it up!

JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 10/20/2010, 4:15 PM
He was an amazing Blade, but might just be a little too old these days. I've got a suspicion (based on no solid evidence) that Marvel have the rights back to the character as they do with the Punisher but a fresh start might just be the best thing for the franchise either way.
Marikina
Marikina - 10/20/2010, 4:15 PM
We need a new movie to wash the crap that was the third film out of our mouths.
Denn1s
Denn1s - 10/20/2010, 4:21 PM
the man IS blade, but he is around 50...give us blade vs morbius as blade 2 originally was planned and redeem yourself hollywood for giving us blade 3
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 10/20/2010, 4:25 PM
Denn1s @ Exactly dude!!!

And JOSH @ How olds SLJ for FURY dude lol? Dude, WESLEY SNIPES is BLADE! ; D
jazzman
jazzman - 10/20/2010, 4:26 PM
i did not know Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje was interested in Blade i thought it was just Black Panther.

forget a reboot of Blade and let Wesley Snipes carry on with the character. we know Blade 3 was bad but we could say that never happen or have Blade going to somewhere in europe hurting new Vampires.

give us Blade 4 aka Blade 4ever ;D

@JoshW

SLJ is 61 and he playing Nick Fury i think Wesley Snipes still can play Blade
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 10/20/2010, 4:38 PM
Snipes is his own worst enemy. He's notoriously difficult to work with and actually beat up the director of Blade Trinity on set!
jazzman
jazzman - 10/20/2010, 4:43 PM
did he even beat up David Goyer and if he did well maybe he was right lol

i felt to beat up the director myself after watching Blade Trinity
ViperXX79
ViperXX79 - 10/20/2010, 4:44 PM
Well to be fair Blade Trinity did suck so maybe that wasn't such a bad thing.
UnfriendlySpidey
UnfriendlySpidey - 10/20/2010, 4:44 PM
cool find Ror! RR's character & Snipes are the only reason I could even watch that god awful movie haha
akthunder
akthunder - 10/20/2010, 4:44 PM
Well that director did have it coming. Anyways, get a good director to do the fourth film, and get back Snipes. He is Blade, just like Hugh is Wolverine. Do not recast the role.
AshleyWilliams
AshleyWilliams - 10/20/2010, 4:46 PM
Heck yes.
jusme6
jusme6 - 10/20/2010, 4:46 PM
seriously? How many times can we repost this "news" in a span of 3 years?
tadrob
tadrob - 10/20/2010, 4:50 PM
Wait you mean Ryan Reynolds or Chris Evans isn't up for the role? WTH? Talk about racial profiling they made Nick Fury black, so why can't Blade be white?
marvel72
marvel72 - 10/20/2010, 4:50 PM
@ leee777

1 agree with you blade vs morbius would be epic.

@ joshw

i think snipes is to old for the role of blade,get someone else.

@ jazzman

slj is 61 playing nick fury,but he hasn't had any action scenes yet.

van damme is 50 & he had a heart attack on the set of his latest film.

@ rormachine

beat up the director,maybe we could get brett ratner to direct the next one maybe snipes can beat the shit out of him.
whatsinthebox
whatsinthebox - 10/20/2010, 4:51 PM
He needs to check the ego. Do Expendbles 2 and another Blade. Release Gallowalkers and we will see......
HULK2099
HULK2099 - 10/20/2010, 4:51 PM
you'll always be my blade wesley
Talontd
Talontd - 10/20/2010, 4:54 PM
Snipes hated the plot and script for the last film, and actually tried to walk away from it. The only reason he appeared was because of a threat of a lawsuit.

That's probably the reason the director caught an @ss-whoopin'!!!


As for him reprising the role.....hmmm, idk...
MassExecutions
MassExecutions - 10/20/2010, 4:56 PM
What are you people talking about? There are two Blade movies. Two, awesome, blade movies. No others. That is all.
AdamMichaels
AdamMichaels - 10/20/2010, 5:02 PM
I would love to see Snipes reprise his role as Blade. He did such an awesome job with the character so far. I don't think he's the only actor who can pull it off (kinda how I feel about RDJ as Stark), but he was so good, why risk not break

But I'm curious, is the Blade franchise under Marvel Studios? I mean, New Line Cinema made the trilogy, but with the last film being released in '04, did the rights revert back to Marvel Studios by any chance?
Treyert
Treyert - 10/20/2010, 5:08 PM
While Snipes might not be the only one to pull off Blade...

...he's definitely the BEST.

Honestly, his interpretation is akin to Jackman's Wolverine or Downey's Iron Man.

He is BLADE, others may try to emulate him *cough*stickyfingaz*endcough* but no one will be better than him.
jazzman
jazzman - 10/20/2010, 5:13 PM
@deadpool72

a young person can have a heart attack too

anyway Wesley Snipes needs to play Blade no one else



kcool
kcool - 10/20/2010, 5:13 PM
well.. they could get michael jai white.. blade dynamite!!!

.. the only other black actor with serious kungfu skills
Niprock
Niprock - 10/20/2010, 5:15 PM
we are forgetting about how awesome sticky Fingaz was in the super awesome TV series..... XD
jazzman
jazzman - 10/20/2010, 5:18 PM
Sticky Fingaz LMAO

Eion76
Eion76 - 10/20/2010, 5:21 PM
WESLEY SNIPES IS BLADE,PERIOD,DON'T RECAST HIM
JackJNapier
JackJNapier - 10/20/2010, 5:23 PM
he made a perfect blade.
SymbioteJoker
SymbioteJoker - 10/20/2010, 5:30 PM
Wes IS Blade period. Cant see someone else. Well if they do have Morbius at some point can we get a nod to other marvel characters as little easter eggs? Like the punsiher or spidey via newspaper?
Starlight
Starlight - 10/20/2010, 5:32 PM
HE made the FIRST MARVEL MOVIE, definetely should be given another chance, either with BLADE or maybe as another character (like BLACK PANTHER's father or something like that).
SKOne
SKOne - 10/20/2010, 5:34 PM
Wesley Snipes is one of the very few actors like Samuel L Jackson, Harrison Ford, and Bruce Willis that deserve to play action heroes no matter how old they get. I have a feeling that as long as Snipes makes a strong effort to change his ways and doesn't have any tax problems or get locked up again that he will be Blade in the new movie especially given that the movie rights have gone back to Marvel.

Marvel has already given Idris Elba a role in the Marvel Universe and is likely to give Agbaje something sooner than a proposed Blade movie would begin.
ForceOfLegend
ForceOfLegend - 10/20/2010, 5:44 PM
God that Blade tv show was awful. I think we need to wash the taste of that out of our mouths...Blade 3 isn't anywhere near as bad as that pile of crap!
dancingmonkey08
dancingmonkey08 - 10/20/2010, 5:59 PM
Wesley Snipes was incredible as Blade but the man is 48, too old now to play such a physical role.

He IS Blade but in my opinion let Marvel Studios get the rights back, they do a new Blade trilogy set in the underbelly of the Marvel Movie Universe and have Wesley as executive producer on it and get someone new to play Blade
FtLoiterDale
FtLoiterDale - 10/20/2010, 6:24 PM
Wesley Snipes is Blade and Age is Nothing but a Number...

The man is a 5th Degree Black belt and ranked high in several forms of Martial Arts. His age should not matter whether or not it is a physical role. I'm sure the man has a daily routine and stays in shape.

He uses "Total Gym" for crying out loud!

I wonder how things would be if us fans could for once get what we actually wish for?..
Deadshot
Deadshot - 10/20/2010, 6:35 PM
Snipes is Blade make a Blade 4 already!
NubaX
NubaX - 10/20/2010, 6:35 PM
@RorMachine

Can you Blame Wesley Snipes for getting in to it with David Goyer after what he did to Blade 3?

David Goyer is and Excellent Screen Writter but a TERRIBLE Main Director.

Even Guillermo Del Toro was raising his eyes at Goyer for some of the ideas he wanted in Blade 2. He said it himself in the commentary interview on the Extras of Blade 2.

The first idea of blade 3 was suppose to be an apocalyptic event that occurs that has the world covered with Vampires, having Blade go into a serious war against them. But he choose this Trinity crap.

SuperSpiderMan5778
SuperSpiderMan5778 - 10/20/2010, 6:38 PM
i agree wesley snipes is blade like hugh is wolvi and ryan is deadpool etc etc but i'll also agree he is getting old. but before his age really catches up to him they should shoot 3 more movies back 2 back. if not i would happy with one more but it has to be huge. yes i agree morbius has to be in it. that is one villain that has not been introduced on the silver screen and ryan reynolds should come back as well as jessica biel. just no david goyer this time. he should get his ass kicked again just for letting us down.
secretasianboy
secretasianboy - 10/20/2010, 6:39 PM
Lets get one last film, then we can end it
NubaX
NubaX - 10/20/2010, 6:43 PM
I might be cool seeing him do one more.

However, I'd like to give Micheal J. White a chance.

He's Hardcore, has that deep, commanding voice, a Dangerous Martial Artist, and just all around THREATNING looking Black Man!

He's PERFECT for the role.

LOL!

;D


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