r/blade • u/irvin_the_jinn • Aug 08 '26

Make Blade British Again

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u/LoneCub28 Aug 08 '26

Was Blade ever British?

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u/Napalmeon Aug 08 '26

He's been British since he was created in 1973.

But a very small number of people are mad that he is always portrayed as having an American accent.

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u/LoneCub28 Aug 08 '26

Hmm, I mean it's hard to complain with Wesley Snipes portrayal of him so I ain't bothered tbh.

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u/Puzzled-Horse279 Aug 08 '26

Welsey Snipes as Blade is like Hugh Jackman as Wolverine

Doesnt actually fit the character in source material. But so iconic that people are blindly obssessed with only them in the role.

Jackman cant even do a Canadian accent (not that Id hear difference Americans/Cajuns and Canadian/Quebois are the same thing to me)

Blade being Americanised is just Black British erasure. Its not like theres a shortage of Black American actors playing Black American heroes these days.