With his return coming nearly 26 years after first playing the half-vampire “daywalker” (aka Eric Brooks), Snipes beats out Deadpool & Wolverine co-star Hugh Jackman for Longest Career as a Live-Action Marvel Character. After Jackman first played Wolverine (aka Logan) in 2000’s X-Men , he was expected to beat out Patrick Stewart ‘s Professor Charles Xavier for the title with his latest performance.
With more than 19 years since his last appearance in Blade: Trinity (2004), Snipes also claims Longest Gap Between Character Appearances in Marvel Films. Alfred Molina previously held the record with his return as Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), 17 years after Spider-Man 2 (2004).
After first co-starring with Reynolds in Blade: Trinity , Snipes admitted he “ did not think it was possible ” to reprise the character until Reynolds reached out about the cameo.
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). (Jay Maidment/Marvel/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection)
“I didn’t think he would be able to pull it off,” Snipes told Entertainment Weekly . “I didn’t think that Marvel was into it. Disney was into it. And also because they had Mahershala [Ali] , you know, cast for the next upcoming version of it. So, it didn’t make sense to me.”
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