Blade_ Wesley Snipes Explains the Marvel Hero’s VOICE and Style (Flashback)
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00:00 the first day of work, I didn't exactly know how it was gonna sound.
00:05 And I had just been thinking about it and hoping that something would come.
00:09 And I just opened my mouth.
00:11 And there it was.
00:14 Cool.
00:15 Very nice.
00:16 And I was like, "Yeah, let's keep it going.
00:18 Why not?"
00:19 There are worse things out tonight than vampires.
00:22 Like what?
00:23 Like me.
00:24 He's part human and part vampire.
00:28 He has some rather weird eyes.
00:31 It would probably attract more attention were he not to wear the shades.
00:35 He's trying to be a shadow warrior.
00:37 We got no mask, no cape, no tights, none of that.
00:43 Straight up man.
00:53 Once the haircut fell into place and the tattoos fell into place, everything else, it just
00:58 started working.
00:59 I had a lot of input in everything, actually.
01:01 But we have to find something that's practical.
01:03 He has a coat.
01:04 He has the weapons.
01:06 We took a lot of inspiration from the original comic book and what people who are familiar
01:10 with the comic book are familiar with.
01:13 And did some innovations on it.
01:15 Brought it up to date.
01:16 Made it chic.
01:17 Made it funky.
01:18 Made it slick and beautiful.
01:23 Still heavy.
01:25 You're so big.
01:26 How do you kill the vampires in this movie?
01:29 Quickly, thoroughly, with extreme prejudice.
01:37 You don't have to hit a guy.
01:38 We're not beating a guy up with 200 punches.
01:42 Take him out.
01:43 No, very applicable things.
01:46 Very dynamic and filled with a lot of emotional content.
01:49 Wait a minute.
01:51 You use me as bait?
01:53 Get over it.
01:56 It's that comic book world.
01:58 And in that world there is the chaos.
02:00 And in that world beneath, which he considers the real world, it is violent.
02:05 You better wake up.
02:07 The world you live in is just sugar coated topping.
02:09 There is another world beneath it.
02:11 The real world.
02:12 You know, I always keep the martial arts in my life.
02:16 But we stepped it up.
02:17 Really focusing on techniques and how to make the techniques work within the choreography.
02:23 And still be exciting and dynamic but not lose the integrity of how it was supposed
02:28 to relate to his emotional state.
02:31 Lot of sword work.
02:44 Early stages we spent about maybe a month ahead of time choreographing almost all of
02:51 the fight scenes.
02:52 And I would do it in my outfit.
02:54 Do it in the costume.
02:55 Any accidents?
02:56 It's like a play.
02:57 Any mishaps?
02:58 Couple of times, you know.
03:03 I stabbed a guy in the leg with a wooden sword once.
03:16 All of the stuff I've always wanted to do.
03:18 And do it the way I want it to be seen and the way I know people will appreciate it.
03:22 It's a lot of fun.
03:23 It's a lot of fun.
03:24 It's a lot of fun.
03:24 (dramatic music)
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