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01-19-2005, 03:42 PM
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Snipes "Threatened To Kill" Blade Director?
Snipes "Threatened To Kill" Director
Actor Wesley Snipes threatened to kill Blade: Trinity director David Goyer because he felt his all action character had been sidelined to make room for two new ones. The 42-year-old's co-stars, Ryan Reynolds and Jessica Biel, recently complained he had alienated himself from everyone working on the third installment of the vampire-fest, by remaining in character for the entire duration of the shoot. And movie insiders tell British magazine OK! that Snipes was so furious about his marginalized role, he made physical threats against Goyer. An insider confides, "Wesley made death threats against David. David was scared for his life." But a spokesperson for Goyer counters, "Wesley is a method actor. There's always a lot of tension on set."
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01-19-2005, 03:54 PM
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Rather than taking his frustrations out on the director Snipes should have read the script before agreeing to play the role.
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01-19-2005, 04:00 PM
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Director wrote the script. 
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01-19-2005, 04:09 PM
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Rather than taking his frustrations out on the director Snipes should have read the script before agreeing to play the role.
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With projects like this made specifically for the star, they wouldn't even both writing the script until the star signed on.
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01-19-2005, 04:31 PM
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Grant H
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Isn't Snipes a producer, though? If so, shouldn't his input have been valued?
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01-19-2005, 04:35 PM
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ack, nevermind.
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01-19-2005, 04:37 PM
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The funny thing is that when that story appeared on IMDb, the story right above it was about how Snipes inspired Jaime Foxx to persue acting.
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Wesley Snipes' performance in New Jack City triggered Jaime Foxx's quest for big screen stardom - because it made him realize black actors can succeed in white-dominated Hollywood. The film star, who has received rave reviews for his portrayal of late R&B great Ray Charles in Ray, insists 1991 movie New Jack City inspired his Hollywood career by proving black actors are not limited to stereotypical roles. The 37-year-old says, "My favorite film is New Jack City with Wesley Snipes. This was basically a black version of The Godfather and even though it was a hit it was more like an underground film. A lot of people don't know that Wesley Snipes played opposite Michael Jackson in the Bad video. He's the one who says, 'You ain't bad, you ain't nothing!' He went from that to this movie New Jack City and it was the first time you saw a black kid play a role like Al Pacino in Scarface or The Godfather."
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01-19-2005, 05:18 PM
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The 37-year-old says, "My favorite film is New Jack City with Wesley Snipes. This was basically a black version of The Godfather
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as h said, "ack, nevermind"
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01-19-2005, 06:38 PM
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Can you say "any publicity is good publicity?" 
And you believe, at heart, everyone's a killer...
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01-20-2005, 03:11 PM
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Grant H
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Remember when Snipes got in trouble for carrying a gun. Wasn't it at an airport?
He can be lucky that pre-dated 9/11.
And didn't Harry Connick Jr. do the same thing? Amazing how careers recover from things like that.
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01-21-2005, 10:57 AM
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i think sometimes stars do it on purpose to get in the news. creates the bad boy image. same thing with getting caught with pot.
"now, if that's a fact, tell me... am i lying?"
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