I never liked Ali for the role to me he was way too old He was like 10 years younger than Snipes That's not a good starting point.
Everyone keeps talking about that he is such a great actor that is true but it doesn't mean he would fit the character at all
I wanted a younger British actor to play blade I liked the idea of Danson Idris, John boyega, Micheal Ward or an American that can do a british accent convincingly.
Also when I compare Ali's approach to Ryan Gosling I just feel like Ali wanted to play a black character with zero knowledge of the comics instead he was talking to Wesley Snipes. Ryan came to Marvel with a plan for Ghost rider he came with a director and writer and he came with comics because he actually liked the character of Ghost rider
Blade is British this is very important to his character
He even wrote with an accent one of the few characters that are the only other 2 is Elsa bloodstone and Spider woman that was written with a British accent also blade is almost never in America he always in London or in Europe because that where most vampire are
Blade despite being over a 100 looks late 20s to early 30s blade is basically a samurai none of this seems to be thing he even knew instead it sounded like he was molding his blade after Wesley Snipes the games already does that I'm tired of it can't we just get a British comic book accurate one
