Los Angeles, Aug 22 (IANS): Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds in his latest post said “more Blade please” to celebrate his “Deadpool & Wolverine” co-star Wesley Snipes.
Reynolds posted a carousel of photos featuring Snipes on Instagram and wrote: "The reaction when (Wesley Snipes) enters the movie is the most intense thing l’ve heard in a theater. People screaming with uninhibited joy and love is also the sound of a legacy."
Snipes in 1988 essayed the daywalking human-vampire hybrid Blade in a trilogy of films. He reprised his role in a much feted supporting part in “Deadpool & Wolverine” as part of a resistance contingent who join up with Reynolds' Deadpool and Hugh Jackman's Wolverine to defeat the villainous Cassandra Nova, reports ew.com.
"More Blade please. #DayWalker. A Logan-style send off, specifically," Reynolds concluded the post, referencing the 2017 superhero movie following Jackman as an aged Wolverine.
Before he featured as Deadpool/Wade Wilson in 2016's Deadpool or even his earlier appearance in 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Reynolds appeared as an entirely different character, Hannibal King, a minor character from The Tomb of Dracula comics in “Blade: Trinity”.
Recently, Reynolds wrote an emotional note for “Deadpool and Wolverine” co-star Robert Delaney’s late son
He took to his Instagram and shared a gamut of pictures featuring his co-star Rob Delaney and also expressed grief at the demise of Rob's son, who passed away in 2018.
"Rob Delaney brought PeterPool (nee Sugarbear) into our hearts and effortlessly redefined the modern moose-knuckle - showing it can be chic and practical. And if theories are correct, he may be the new Anchor Being".
The actor continued: "He's a beautiful, acerbic and vulnerable writer. If you stayed through the credits of Deadpool & Wolverine, you might notice a credit saying, 'For Henry Delaney'. Henry was Rob's son. And Rob lost his little boy to a brain tumor in 2018. Right as we finished 'Deadpool 2'."
"I've always kicked my own ass because I didn't place a tribute to Henry over the end credits of 'DP2'. If there's a bright side, even more people are seeing Henry's name in the credits of 'Deadpool & Wolverine'. And at long last, father and son are sharing the same screen".