Wesley Snipes is getting his flowers after his surprising MCU look.
Guinness World Records introduced this week that the actor took two titles when he reprised his position as Blade in his latest Deadpool & Wolverine cameo after originating the live-action character in his first 1998 solo film outing.
Together with his return coming almost 26 years after first enjoying the half-vampire “daywalker” (aka Eric Brooks), Snipes beats out Deadpool & Wolverine co-star Hugh Jackman for Longest Profession as a Stay-Motion Marvel Character. After Jackman first performed Wolverine (aka Logan) in 2000’s X-Men, he was anticipated to beat out Patrick Stewart‘s Professor Charles Xavier for the title together with his newest efficiency.
With greater than 19 years since his final look in Blade: Trinity (2004), Snipes additionally claims Longest Hole Between Character Appearances in Marvel Movies. Alfred Molina beforehand held the file together with his return as Physician Octopus in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), 17 years after Spider-Man 2 (2004).
After first co-starring with Reynolds in Blade: Trinity, Snipes admitted he “did not think it was possible” to reprise the character till Reynolds reached out concerning the cameo.
“I didn’t suppose he would have the ability to pull it off,” Snipes advised Leisure Weekly. “I didn’t suppose that Marvel was into it. Disney was into it. And in addition as a result of they’d Mahershala [Ali], you understand, solid for the subsequent upcoming model of it. So, it didn’t make sense to me.”
Marvel first confirmed the Blade reboot with Ali again in 2019, however the undertaking has since been met with a number of delays, together with administrators Bassam Tariq and Yann Demange‘s exits from the film and the 2023 WGA strike.
Blade is scheduled for a Nov. 7, 2025 premiere.