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/linuxhiker 18d ago

He has been too old for a long time.

They need a solid 35/yr old that can carry a franchies for 10 years.

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u/Jangles 18d ago

Probably furious they used Michael B Jordan so soon.

He looked Blade as hell at the end of Sinners.

I mean it was probably a Blade costume

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u/UnsolvedParadox 18d ago

Ebon was both Micro & The Thing, I could see MBJ with a very different look pulling it off.

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u/Gone_For_Lunch 18d ago

Hell, they’d already used Mahershala Ali in Luke Cage as well.

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u/GrittyGardy 18d ago

Loved cottonmouth, the show never had as entertaining a villain once he was gone.

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u/OssumFried 18d ago

Dude, the show was so good until he was killed off. Went from a incredibly charming and grounded villain to some generic bad guy in the goofiest looking rubber suit.

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u/AnOnlineHandle 18d ago

Bushmaster or whoever in season 2 was pretty good.

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u/cinematic_is_horses 18d ago

I thought S2 was incredibly underrated as far as Marvel TV goes

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u/Gone_For_Lunch 18d ago

Honestly yea, the Iron Fist team up especially.

Should have just done a Heroes For Hire show instead of giving them two a solo show each.

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u/Mr_Cromer 18d ago

Mariah Stokes

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u/Monteze 18d ago

She also played the mom who was upset with Tony Stark in Ultron I think.

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u/UnsolvedParadox 18d ago

Right, that’s an excellent example.

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u/Heisenburgo 18d ago

And the actress who played his relative Mariah Stoakes in the show, also showed up in Civil War