21 Perfect Superhero Movie Casting Choices That Nailed Their Characters

18. Wesley Snipes As Blade

New Line Cinema / Marvel
New Line Cinema / Marvel

The comic book film that kick-started all comic book films, Blade and its sequel (no, we don't talk about the other one) were praised for its dark yet faithful take on the cult classic Marvel anti-hero, and with Snipes' performance, it's easy to see why.Indeed, Blade's popularity and cult-status is largely indebted to the coolness with which Snipes played the character.

Combine that with a creative tour de force for the sequel in Guilmero Del Toro - a director who appears to have a penchant for all things gothic and supernatural - and the rest was history.Just please, give us a good Blade comic book series again. Heck, Netflix seems to be working well for Marvel, can we not get Blade back for that?

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