My favorite Blade Oddity (avoided copyright) is when Wesley Snipes was so pissed off about the third Blade movie that he refused to open his eyes during a scene so they had to CGI fake eyes onto him
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It’s a fun story, but it’s never been proven. The director mentioned Snipes didn’t open his eyes during the shot footage and everyone assumed he refused to do so, but it seems they made this change in post production and Snipes just didn’t (or couldn’t) come back for reshoots.
Yeah I saw a video from someone who worked on the movie and they said the shot was just him lying there, eyes closed and it was only after the fact that they rewrote the scene - unclear whether Snipes was unavailable or unaware entirely of this decision.
Another thing that I absolutely remember seeing but can find no trace of is some infomercial that played at 3 in the morning where Wesley Snipes was in his full Blade costume that didn’t seem legal for him to be in and was advertising something. If you know or remember please speak up!
If you want to get a general understanding of the film industry from the 90s/2000s and on, explore DVD menus in their entirety. Not just director/producer interviews, behind the scenes stuff, but graphic and UX design, physical media, marketing packages etc. its such a weird time capsule
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