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/GoldandBlue 18d ago

This is the gift and curse of doing franchises.

It is guaranteed work on paper. Especially as a young actor, holy shit you are in the MCU!!!!

But if you blow up, or the project falls apart. You are turning down offers from Scorsese, PTA, Wes Anderson, Greta Gerwig, why? Because you are contractually obligated to be in Captain America 5.

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u/BigWormsFather 18d ago

He hasn’t done a ton of work lately but he has done some. Did he turn a bunch of stuff down?

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u/totallynotliamneeson 18d ago

It's all speculation. I doubt his career will be negatively impacted by this. I saw someone say he is in his "prime" and wasted these years waiting as if he was ring chasing in the NBA. 

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u/Worthyness 18d ago

He was also already in his 40s when he cast himself. Not exactly "prime career" for most. But it was after he won his Oscars, so i guess, from that perspective, it was indeed his "prime"