Delroy Lindo opened up about Marvel‘s long-delayed Blade reboot starring Mahershala Ali, which he describes as having “just went off the rails.”
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly to advertise Ryan Coogler’s lauded Sinners, the veteran actor commented on the reported inventive variations which have plagued the remake, in regards to the Wesley Snipes-originated Daywalker vampire slayer from Marvel’s comics.
“When Marvel came to me, they seemed to be really interested in my input,” the Da 5 Bloods star stated. “And in the various conversations I had with producers, the writer, the director at the time, it was all leading into being very inclusive. It was really exciting conceptually, but it was also exciting in terms of the character that was going to form. And then, for whatever reason, it just went off the rails.”
Having since exited the challenge, Lindo — who boarded the movie in 2021 — stated he was speculated to painting a “Marcus Garvey-esque” sort persona.
“I’m not saying that it would’ve been an out-and-out Garvey-ite. Not that, but just in terms of how this man’s philosophy, his ethos and what was driving him. He was a character who had, very similar to Sinners, created a community, a Black community. He was a character who was the head of this community,” he defined.
Late final yr, Marvel unsurprisingly pulled Blade from its 2025 launch calendar. Originally introduced again in 2019, the film was naturally delayed by the pandemic and twin business strikes. Since then, it’s additionally seen numerous exits, together with from initially tapped administrators Bassam Tariq (Mogul Mowgli) and Yann Demange (Lovecraft Country).
Meanwhile, Marvel high brass Kevin Feige stated he stays “committed” to the two-time Oscar winner Ali’s tackle the character, including that everybody is “up to date on what’s going on. But I can tell you that the character will be coming to the MCU.” At the identical time, Snipes reprised Blade in a cameo position for Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine.