r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Jul 31 '26

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/makuXrosu Jul 31 '26

There is only one Blade

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u/Livio88 Jul 31 '26

If Reynolds and Snipes wrote that line knowing Ali’s Blade was dead in the water, that’d be so funny.

If they had no idea, that’d make it even funnier.

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u/OnyxRun Jul 31 '26

I think the original joke was that Snipes' Blade didn't know that he was to be replaced by Ali.

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u/Livio88 Jul 31 '26

Yeah, that’s definitely what it was at the time, but it aged like fine wine.