Jessica Biel, Wesley Snipes, and Ryan Reynolds in ‘Blade: Trinity’
Ryan Reynolds has said that he has “no desire to play any other superhero” after the massive hit that is Deadpool. And who could blame him? From X-Men Origins: Wolverine, where he first played a radically different Wade Wilson, to Green Lantern to R.I.P.D., Reynolds endured a long apprenticeship in comic-book movies — all artistic and/or commercial disappointments — before achieving bona fide superhero superstar status this year.
But it was on the set and on the screen of one of those earlier bumps in the road where the seeds of his eventual breakthrough were planted. In Empire’s oral history of Deadpool, Reynolds revealed that he was initially exposed to the Merc With a Mouth when a studio executive pointed out that he would be “essentially playing Deadpool” in his first R-rated comic-book movie, the often derided Blade: Trinity.
Don’t roll your eyes. Whatever you think of the Blade franchise, especially the 2004 threequel, you can now see a little bit of Deadpool in Reynolds’ performance alongside co-stars Wesley Snipes and Jessica Biel. Reynolds’ Hannibal King is a quick-witted vampire hunter with a dark past and a resilient sense of humor. The role not only allowed Reynolds to refine his delivery of snappy dialogue, but also required him to get in top-notch physical shape. And did he ever. Reynolds is more than ready to take down random blood-sucking baddies, engage in a full-on brawl with WWE superstar Triple H’s Jarko Grimwood, and lie shirtless and bloody in a weird vampire holding cell. You could cut glass on his chiseled abs.
Ryan Reynolds has said that he has “no desire to play any other superhero” after the massive hit that is Deadpool. And who could blame him? From X-Men Origins: Wolverine, where he first played a radically different Wade Wilson, to Green Lantern to R.I.P.D., Reynolds endured a long apprenticeship in comic-book movies — all artistic and/or commercial disappointments — before achieving bona fide superhero superstar status this year.
But it was on the set and on the screen of one of those earlier bumps in the road where the seeds of his eventual breakthrough were planted. In Empire’s oral history of Deadpool, Reynolds revealed that he was initially exposed to the Merc With a Mouth when a studio executive pointed out that he would be “essentially playing Deadpool” in his first R-rated comic-book movie, the often derided Blade: Trinity.
Don’t roll your eyes. Whatever you think of the Blade franchise, especially the 2004 threequel, you can now see a little bit of Deadpool in Reynolds’ performance alongside co-stars Wesley Snipes and Jessica Biel. Reynolds’ Hannibal King is a quick-witted vampire hunter with a dark past and a resilient sense of humor. The role not only allowed Reynolds to refine his delivery of snappy dialogue, but also required him to get in top-notch physical shape. And did he ever. Reynolds is more than ready to take down random blood-sucking baddies, engage in a full-on brawl with WWE superstar Triple H’s Jarko Grimwood, and lie shirtless and bloody in a weird vampire holding cell. You could cut glass on his chiseled abs.
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