Mahershala Ali has started training for us upcoming role as Blade, vampire slayer, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Blade was teased at the end of the Eternals and we heard his voice in the room with Dane Whitman aka the Black Knight.
Mahershala was recently on The Late Show with Steven Colbert. They discussed how Mahershala bulked up for this role as Blade. Marvel Studios set him up with fitness regiment and program.
Wesley Snipes played Blade in a trilogy of movies starting in 1998. This version of the character is not the MCU version of the character. We will see how Mahershala’s version of Blade will differ.
(Via Comicbook.com)
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