Fans shouldnât expect Stephen Dorff to buy a ticket to Marvelâs Blade reboot. Although the upcoming film has Wesley Snipesâ seal of approval, his old co-star, who played the vampire Deacon Frost back in 1998, doesnât have as many kind things to say about the studioâs plans to bring the Daywalker back to the big screen. In fact, heâs not very keen on the MCU in general.
Dorff made his feelings known during a recent interview with The Daily Beast. In his view, not all comic book adaptations are bad. He even confessed that heâd star in one today if it was done in the vein of Blade or Christopher Nolanâs The Dark Knight. However, everything else is âworthless garbage.â
âAll this other garbage is just embarrassing, you know what I mean?â said Dorff. âI mean, God bless them, theyâre making a bunch of money, but their movies suck [laughs]. And nobodyâs going to remember them. Nobodyâs remembering Black Adam at the end of the day. I didnât even see that movie, it looked so bad.â
This isnât the first time that Dorff has criticized the films of the MCU. While speaking with the U.K.âs Independent for an interview published days before Black Widowâs release in 2021, he made waves when he said the movie looked like âgarbageâ and âa bad video game.â Dorff also said he felt âembarrassedâ on behalf of filmâs star, Scarlett Johansson. He later walked back these remarks in a subsequent chat with TMZ. Regardless, he has no interest in a new Blade, even with his former True Detective co-star Mahershala Ali playing the title role.
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âMarvel is used to me trashing them anyway,â added Dorff. âHowâs that PG Blade movie going for you, that canât get a director? [laughs] Because anybody who goes there is going to be laughed at by everyone, because we already did it and made it the best. Thereâs no Steve Norrington out there.â
To be fair, Bladeâs return to screens hasnât been a smooth ride. The movie has suffered a number of setbacks that ultimately led Marvel to push back its release by almost a full year last fall. But Dorff clearly hasnât been keeping up with the news, because Yann Demange has since come aboard to replace Bassam Tariq in the directorâs chair. Plus, it seems highly unlikely that the film will get anything less than a PG-13 rating.
As for Norrington, who helmed Snipes and Dorffâs original Blade film, he hasnât directed a movie of his own since The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which earned overwhelmingly negative reviews upon its release in 2003. It was also reportedly such a behind-the-scenes nightmare that Sean Connery later cited it as one of the main reasons why he retired from acting. Â Â
Blade will hit theaters on September 6, 2024.
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