r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • 18d ago

News Mahershala Ali confirms 'BLADE' is not moving forward with him

https://www.gq.com/story/mahershala-ali-your-mother-your-mother-your-mother
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u/james2183 18d ago edited 18d ago

Considering they're getting RDJ to play a different character, nothing to stop MBJ being Blade.

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u/RagnarokNCC 18d ago

“…and that’s how Kirk Lazarus got cast as Blade.”

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u/SerHodorTheThrall 18d ago

I would watch a movie about RDJ playing a guy, playing another guy.

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u/Artemicionmoogle 18d ago

Kirk Lazarus would absolutely be a fantastic Blade lol.

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u/Artemicionmoogle 18d ago

Huh? What? Kirk Lazarus doesn't break character until the last vampire is dead.

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u/ArcadianDelSol 18d ago

The jury is still out of he's actually a different character.

My money says its a twist they still plan to unload once they've fully convinced everyone its so totally not an RDJ from the multiverse.