The big problem when talking toWesley Snipesis realizing you wont have enough time to talk about his fantastic career.
After all, you could spend the entire interview on theBlademovies.
Or his work withSpike Lee.
Thankfully, Snipes was awesome and willing to talk about everything.
Check out what Wesley Snipes had to say below.
COLLIDER: You won’t remember this, but we actually spoke forDolemite.
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WESLEY SNIPES: Thank you so much, man.
Good to meet you again.
You know, it’d be nice to shake hands when we get around for that.
So I want to start with what TV series would you love to guest star on?
SNIPES: What TV series would I love to guest star on?
What TV series would I love to guest star on?
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That might’ve beenWhose Line Is It Anyway?That would be fun.
I want to go backwards.
SNIPES: Yes, that is true.
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I think that was in the eighties.
And was disappointed that I didn’t get it.
Were you close to getting that role?
Were you in the final few?
That’s how I remember it.
But yeah, a greater actor than I went on to make it famous.
I applaud him, my friend, great and wonderful.
Is that also true?
SNIPES: A bigger part and a bigger check.
SNIPES: Yeah, that was a journey.
That was a journey.Major League.
I have so many funny stories aboutMajor League, even the audition was ridiculous.
I absolutely did not believe I was going to get that role.
Can you share the audition then?
SNIPES: I went, they’d flew me out for another audition.
And what I thought was the final audition, like a screen test.
When I landed, they literally brought me from the airport to the Studio.
Dropped my bags there.
The assistant said, “Hey, hello, welcome.
Hey, they want you over at the field.”
I was dressed in a flight suit, in like a pilot’s flight suit and boxing shoes.
Had no little league experience.
Had none of that.
So then I said okay.
In their baseball uniforms, fully dressed.
And yeah, “I’m going back to New York.”
They got me out there on the…
I said, “Hey man, I’m here for the audition.”
The cats are falling out in the stands.
I had to laugh too because I was like, “Hey man, what else can I do?
I got no traction.
I got boxing shoes on.”
Then they took me back to the office and said, “Okay, you’re hired.”
That’s an amazing story.
My last thing before getting intoComing 2 America, you were trying to get aBlack Panthermovie going before doingBlade.
SNIPES: You got good research.
That was in the early ’90s.
Maybe ‘92, ‘93, ‘94, in that area somewhere.
We didn’t have the technology we have now.
Pixar didn’t exist.
None of the things, the CGI capabilities that we have now existed, and you know, people…
So it was hard to make.
[I] rocked with that.
That meant a lot.
Meant a lot to everybody.
It was great to see it and all the beautiful, beautiful women that were it.
And the dancing that was in it.
It was monumental man, monumental.
For me as an artist, I wanted to be a part of that.
And then James Earl Jones was in it, oh my God.
You know, being a thespian, that’s the guy to be working with.
You worked with James Earl Jones, you the man.
I loved your work inDolemite.
SNIPES: No, if they were thinking about it, they kept it hidden from me.
I think they was maybe waiting to see how my performance inDolemitewas perceived.
I’m like, “No man, I ain’t heard nothing about it, bro.”
Talk a little bit about how you got involved and was it an immediate yes?
SNIPES: Craig Brewer, the director, finally got around to asking me to join the cast.
And I immediately said, “Heck yes.
I was waiting for the last two months, man, when you going to call me.”
How was it when you guys were makingComing 2 America?
SNIPES: Oh, so much fun.
And I think that’s the skeleton of the film, and that’s how Eddie operates as well.
All of those great improvisational, comedic actors, that’s their sweet spot.
That’s where they lived.
So I enjoy that.
It’s a beautiful thing, man.
It really, really is beautiful.
I’m a big fan of Ruth Carter’s work.
SNIPES: Classy, qualified, well-researched.
She’s an excellent researcher, but once again, we call them skill masters.
These people who can do more than one thing extremely well.
Creators, you know?
She’s wonderful, man.
What was it like being in those kinds of scenes with so many cool people making this movie?
SNIPES: Sometimes dreams come true, and that was one of those moments.
I literally sat there in the chair and said, “Man, look at this.
I’m rocking with these people.
This is, wow.”
We’ve met in the past, but not frequently.
I just started hugging him.
He was kind of looking at me like, “Why is Blade hugging me like this?
I don’t understand.”
Just to be next to you is so, so much fun."
These people are iconic indeed.
I have to ask you as a big fan of your work asBlade.
It’s coming in this newSpider-Manmovie.
I was like, “Well, I guess Kevin didn’t have my number.
So I actually don’t know.
We’re doing similar work.
If I can’t rock with Marvel, all right.
I’ll wait by the door.
I’ll just put on some nice heels and a nice skirt and something.
I’ll just wait by the door and say, “Hi Kevin.”
As I said before, thank you so much for doing this with me-
SNIPES: Indeed.
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