Wesley Snipes Says Michael Jackson Asked to Be in BLADE II

Actor Wesley Snipes has had a awesome profession pinch a batch of absorbing movie and TV roles. Some whitethorn not retrieve that 1 of his earliest gigs was arsenic a characteristic named Mini Max successful Michael Jackson’s “Bad” euphony video.

He became friends pinch Jackson during nan shoot, who didn’t moreover recognize Snipes was an actor. He thought he was conscionable a feline disconnected nan thoroughfare that was hired to prima successful nan video. The brace stayed successful touch, and Jackson became arsenic large a instrumentality of Snipes arsenic nan character was of him.

Years later, erstwhile Snipes was moving connected his super-antihero sequel film, Blade II, he heard from his aged friend, King of Pop Michael Jackson, and he wanted successful connected nan action, literally.

In a 2017 Billboard article that did a heavy dive connected Michael Jackson’s apical 5 hits, Snipes talked astir getting nan telephone from Jackson:

“I’ve had immoderate absorbing conversations pinch Michael, nan grandmaster Michael. Michael really asked maine if he could beryllium successful Blade II. The awesome Michael wanted to beryllium successful 1 of nan Blade movies, to beryllium a reliable guy. I was like, ‘Mike, which 1 you gonna do? You wanna play 1 of nan vampires?’

He was like, ‘No! I wanna beryllium for illustration Blade’s friend — I wanna conflict pinch you!’ I said, ‘Oh Mike, you sewage jokes.’ He was like, ‘No, I’m serious!’ It’s very difficult to ideate really group would person managed seeing Michael Jackson successful nan Blade movie. I don’t know. [Laughs.]”

Yeah, that wouldn’t person worked out. It’s nosy to deliberation astir though. Blade II came retired complete 2 decades ago, and Snipes went connected to make a 3rd film, Blade: Trinity 2 years later.

We thought that was nan past we would ever spot him successful nan role, until this summertime erstwhile he reprised nan portion successful Deadpool & Wolverine. He looked great, and fans were stoked to spot him.

Over 5 years ago, Marvel announced they were rebooting nan franchise pinch character Mahershala Ali, but nan task has gone done writers and directors, and has still ne'er rather travel together.

So Snipes, arsenic good arsenic fans and Deadpool character Ryan Reynolds, person each mentioned that possibly everyone could get backmost onboard pinch nan original character returning to nan role.

Nothing charismatic has been released, but you cognize they person to beryllium considering it! With nan dip successful instrumentality enthusiasm complete nan past mates of years, they must return into relationship what nan fans will show up to see. But I conjecture we will conscionable person to hold and spot really it will each cookware out.