Wesley Snipes On Why He Became Blade

Wesley Snips talks about becoming Blade for the Blade. Let me know what you think in the comments down below, like & sub for more!

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[CantinaTalkSW]

What was your first reaction to Blade??

[michaelmclean]

I'm glad he decided to take that role. Those movies are classics now.

[nwbklr]

Blade, amazingly was released in 1998. And it still looks modern to me. It was just so ahead of its time visually. Now it’s just timeless.

[Dragonflyjones]

Wesley Snipes is the reason Hollywood is doing MCU movies. Man needs his respect.

[master-of-mind]

Undeniably the role of his career. His most defining distinction as an artist. His casting for the character was perfect.

[everydaychristian]

Wesley is a high-level, classically trained actor, but that doesn’t mean he should refuse to play a graphic novel character. He actually made Blade widely cool among people who knew nothing about the character beforehand. Respect to Snipes!

[KB_]

he is so spot on about this. like cool, black, vampire, does karate, and kicks ass. WHO THE FUCK WOULD NOT WANT TO DO THAT?!

[eatThehomeless]

Demolition Man is criminally under appreciated. Simon Phoenix was a great villain.

[Judahlionheart]

Snipes is a legend from way back everybody knows that

[JL-go]

Mr Snipes was epic as Blade. As young teenagers in the 90s, Blade was THE baddest MF around.

[Mrdoom]

Wesley Snipes, the literal GODFATHER of MCU movies.

[fishfingers]

Wesley Snipes acting for Blade was just pure perfection. He really brought the character to life and showed the level of his acting. Snipes will always be blade

[eyeam]

Blade was so cold & dope all in one and eye didn't want it to stop. He raised the bar very high since Blacula in the 70's

[Reignwonton]

What made Blade work was the acting.
The action was a byproduct.
And it was beautiful.

[lonnieknight]

Wesley Snipes needs his flowers. He is a dope actor

[dannymaurice]

Wesley is such a great actor, he was excellent as blade and i really hope he starts acting more!

[wyn]

Blade, Nino Brown, Willie Mayes Hayes, and Simon Phoenix are some of my favorite iconic roles Wesley Snipes played!

[ghxXx]

Wesley Snipes is a legend. Blade was literally made for him.

[andrik]

Wesley Snipes was amazing in all his roles

[williamglass]

All this shows is that not only is he a classically trained actor in the sense of playing serious roles well, he’s such a good actor that he can also play a role that in the hands of another actor, could have easily been a flop. He played it straight and made one of the coolest vampire action movies of the 90s. Kudos to Wesley Snipes.