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The humans have a new hunter.
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Blade.
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I think people love the Blade series
because in their own way,
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they have a strange kind
of artistic integrity.
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This is a big, crazy,
unhinged action effects...
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...extravaganza.
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It's a film of real scope.
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Big explosions.
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- Hold-on-to-your-seat action.
- New characters.
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Jesus Christ!
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Blood-sucking mortals.
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A lot more fun.
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I'm a fan of vampires.
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The prospect of being able to play one,
I thought would be really fun.
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To get the opportunity to be
in Blade 3 was a huge thrill.
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Precious, isn't he?
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I was immediately interested when
they said they wanted me to be in a movie
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where there are car crashes and stuff.
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I've never done a movie
that's this physically grueling.
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Aah!
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You have to dig a little bit deeper
to find that extra little...
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that extra little thing.
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The coolest, best,
most rocking Blade movie yet.
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We got something for you.
There's no question about that.
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I think fans are gonna love it.
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Sorry I got old on you.
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I see you alone...
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David wrote the first screenplay,
he wrote the second screenplay,
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and he wrote the screenplay
for the third movie as well.
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At the very beginning, when I first pitched
the idea of doing a Blade film to New Line,
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uh, I pitched them three films,
and they thought I was crazy at the time.
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This was back in 1994,
so it was ten years ago.
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David came in,
and in a way, broke the mold.
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We really tried to defy expectations.
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And it was kinda cool because nobody
ever expects these movies to be any good.
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It was the least likely
to be the pioneer
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of this incredible renaissance
of comics to film.
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Originally, the studio
had envisioned doing
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a much more low-budget
almost blaxploitation film,
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a six to eight million dollar film.
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And they didn't want to take
the subject matter seriously,
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and I thought there was a potential
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for the movie
to take itself very seriously.
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We reinvented Blade a bit
from the comic books into the film.
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We had broader strokes
in terms of our reinterpretation.
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He wasn't as well known
as a character like Spiderman or Batman,
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so we had more latitude
in terms of what we could play with.
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In the comic books,
Blade isn't even half-vampire,
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so we had a bit more freedom there
to explore the character.
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A lot of the vampire films,
books, television shows before that
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had been kind of locked
in the sort of more traditional,
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what I call "Anne Rice mode,"
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and we turned
the whole vampire world on its head.
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There's a reality to it
that I really hooked into.
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We reinvented the vampire mythology,
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so we've tried to explain
how vampirism works
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more, uh, by scientific means.
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It's not supernaturally induced.
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Vampirism is a virus
that progressively mutates the body
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and turns the subjects
into another life form.
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Vampires are
essentially another species.
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They can procreate.
They're not undead.
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So we've tried to adhere
to some kind of parameters of reality.
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It's not so out of the realm of possibility.
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You know, there is a sort
of scientific grounded history.
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And there certainly
is a literary history
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to our knowledge of vampires,
and they're fun.
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- Ugh!
- So the movies are true.
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Bram Stoker... he wrote a good yarn.
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Any time you get into the third iteration
or the third permutation of a film,
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you have to be sure
that you're doing something different.
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There aren't many good sequels,
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and there are even less
good third films, third chapters.
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So it's really important
that you keep shaking things up,
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that you do something different.
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In the second film,
Blade teamed up with the vampires.
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The third film, we wanted to drag Blade
much more into the real world
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and have him interact with the FBI,
the local cops, and things like that.
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And of course, the real world thinks
he's absolutely crazy.
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In the first film, there's a line
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where Whistler says,
"There's a war going on,
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and from time to time,
real people get caught in the crossfire."
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That's the story we wanted to tell
for the third film.
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Well, the first film is
almost word for word
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like my first pitch was to New Line
for their first film.
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The second film is relatively close.
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The third film originally, to be honest,
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I was gonna do something
much more ballsy
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and set the third film
50 years in the future,
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because Blade as a... an immortal,
he doesn't really age.
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The vampires don't either,
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and I was gonna set it in a world
where the vampires had won completely,
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and it was much more
like a Mad Max world,
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and the humans were
resistance fighters.
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But at the end of the day, I think part of
what makes the Blade films so much fun
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is... is seeing all this outrageous action
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play against a backdrop
that is somewhat familiar.
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And if we set it 50 years in the future,
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it might as well have been
Planet of The Apes or something,
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so I decided
to pull back the reins a little,
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and... and the battle for the world
is happening now in this film.
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We're sort of at the tipping point,
so it's still a world that we recognize,
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but the vampires are
starting to take over.
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He put Blade right in our world.
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We're seeing that vampires are
being integrated into society
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in a way that's truly frightening.
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I'm hungry, and I wanna eat somebody!
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We're catching fragments of a war
that's spilling onto the streets.
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Someone like Blade comes across
as a complete psychopath.
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And that's something
that he's never really had to deal with.
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And he's in trouble.
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The one thing
that... that this franchise taught me...
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just go with the people
who feel really passionate about...
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It's not a day job.
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David Goyer created the franchise,
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he created the vibe of the films
and the... the series,
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and this is the first Blade movie
he's directed.
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It's the second feature he's directed,
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and as the guy who has been the only
writer ever on the Blade franchise,
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it made perfect sense to be the next step
for him and the next step for the movies.
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It was my producers,
Lynn Harris and Peter Frankfurt,
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that suggested I direct this,
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and I don't know why I wasn't
even thinking about it at the moment,
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and they asked me when I was about
halfway through writing this third film.
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And I said, "Well, let's see
how the script turns out."
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I... I wasn't sure how happy
I was gonna be with it,
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and once I finished the script,
I said, "Yeah, I think I have to direct this."
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It's so much fun,
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and injecting the new blood
of Hannibal King and Abigail Whistler
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made it even more fun.
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The movies have really been fun
because each director has brought
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a very unique individual kind of take
on the material.
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Norrington kind of created
the... the grammar,
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the vocabulary, visually.
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And if you know Norrington
and you see Blade,
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you really see how much of him,
personality-wise and worldview-wise,
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is in that movie.
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I think Guillermo has a completely
different sensibility than... than Norrington
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and was able to just use Blade
and Wesley as the common thread,
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but really bring his own signature to it,
and that... that was fun.
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It was really fun as a producer
to be able to work
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with two very different
kinds of... of personalities
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and directors and visions.
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There were still things in the first two films
that I wasn't entirely happy with.
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There are also scenes in the first two
films that got cut for one reason or another
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and never made it into the movies,
so this time, with the third film,
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with me in the directing seat, I said,
"We're gonna get those two scenes."
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One of them was a scene
that was cut from the first film
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that appears on the DVD in the deleted
scenes in a very truncated version
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and answers the question of
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if the vampires win,
where will they get their food supply?
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Well, this time,
we were able to do it right,
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in the way that I originally envisioned it,
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in a much more bombastic way,
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and I think the audiences
will be satisfied with that.
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God in Heaven.
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The second big thing was
I had an enormous chase sequence plan
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and was scripted for Blade 2,
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and we cut it for budgetary reasons.
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This time out, with me in the
director's seat, I said, "You know what?
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"Damn it, we're just gonna take that
entire 8-page sequence and do all of it
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the way that I intended to do
for the second film,"
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and the studio wanted to cut it again,
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and I dug my heels in, and I said,
"No way. We're shooting it this time."
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So I can say that we got it all.
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They're very close to the way
that they were scripted
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both in Blade 1 and in Blade 2.
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We tried to do something
a little different in this film
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than perhaps the previous films.
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It's a little demanding
because we're trying to top ourselves,
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trying to give the audience more
than we gave them before.
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The first Blade film came out
a year or so before The Matrix.
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Then The Matrix came out, Blade 2,
second and third Matrix films.
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By the time for us
to do the third Blade film,
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I feel like influences from The Matrix
and the Blade films
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has completely permeated
the public consciousness,
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so you've got various other
movies and TV series,
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even shows like Charmed,
doing wirework and wire-fu work.
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Some of that's gotten old hat,
and for a lot of the action,
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I thought it would be interesting to take it
backwards and go a little old-school.
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The action'll still be devastating.
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No peach-eating.
No, no. Hard-core.
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I insisted that most of the stunts
be done practically,
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that we have very little wirework,
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that we have almost
no digital stuntmen in the film.
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We've got all the hand-to-hand combat
that the Blade films are known for,
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but we've also got car chases.
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We've got foot chases.
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We wanted to set more of the action on
locations in and amongst the real world
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and real people and civilians,
things like that.
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So we've got some other modes of action
that we've never been able to play with
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because we've been mostly bound
to stages and set work,
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as opposed to being on location.
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The biggest challenge making this film
is the fact that on any given day,
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we might have as many as
three units shooting... three separate units.
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Like today, for instance,
we've got three units shooting,
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and that's because in order
to get the film done on time
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in as economical way as possible,
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we've had to have a second unit
shooting bits and pieces,
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a third unit shooting bits and pieces,
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and so coordinating
all those different units
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and making sure
that there's continuity between them
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has been a bit of a challenge.
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Just being out in the community
and being out in the world
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and figuring out all that stuff
is always a logistical challenge,
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but no more so than
any other action movie, is my guess.
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We've worked out the kinks by now.
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These things are really hard.
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We love blowing stuff up.
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I'm much happier
when we're blowing stuff up.
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Let me just say this.
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Blade is the house
that David S. Goyer built.
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David Goyer is Blade...
is the creator of Blade.
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As far as I'm concerned,
he is the prophet.
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He, along with Wesley,
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understands the character
in this world as well as anyone.
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Better than anyone.
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David Goyer has
a very particular vision,
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and a deep vision...
that's what's so cool about it.
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It's got types of intelligence and humor
that you just don't find in movies like this.
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You have to hold a lot of information
and people in your head at the same time,
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and you have to be
constantly thinking story,
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constantly thinking about the details
at the same time.
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There's a lot to... to control,
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and you have to, like,
kind of be the father
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over a movie like this.
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It's like wrangling a small army.
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Action sequences take a long time,
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fight sequences take a long time.
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We have to be finished
pretty much on schedule.
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Otherwise, we'll blow our release date.
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So that is a constant sort
of ticking time bomb
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in the back of my head
and Goyer's head.
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I think that's the toughest.
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Certainly dealing with very,
very sophisticated physical action.
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Abby. It's Drake!
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Aah!
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And then, lots
of very dynamic personalities...
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...who need to be properly managed.
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This is always a challenge.
241
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We're working days,
we're working nights.
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Usually, it's 12 to16 hours,
so, you know...
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Either we all love each other,
or either we're just at each other's throats.
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I'm like, "If I really could bite you
on the neck, I'd bite you on the neck."
245
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Three, two, one, action!
246
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It's hard for a director to be able to...
to coordinate all that
247
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and pay attention to the relationships
between the different characters
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and develop the characters.
249
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So far, that's worked good.
250
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David is a very collaborative director.
251
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He's able to articulate
with the actors what he wants.
252
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He has a language that actors need.
253
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He's an actor's director.
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He really, um,
he really watches for performance
255
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and really gives good notes.
256
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He just knows how
to communicate with them,
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which is a lot different
than a lot of other directors,
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'cause most of them are technicians
and don't have the words.
259
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He can point you in the right direction,
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and he gives me a lot of help
and... and pointers
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in ways that are easy for me
to just grab onto and go with.
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David Goyer's just... he's, like, smart.
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You know, sci-fi geeky guy.
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Just a truly gifted director,
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and... and it goes without saying
that he's a gifted writer.
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He's like a painter, just perfecting
the last little bits and pieces,
267
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and then he steps back
and looks at it and goes,
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"Okay, I need to add this and that,
this and that."
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And you know at the end of the day,
you got everything with David.
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You really know that if... if you are
at home and in bed, you got it all.
271
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It's an odd experience, but I love it.
272
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That's one of the things
that's fun about movies
273
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is that you never know
who you're gonna be partnered with
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or where you're gonna find yourself.
275
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It's... you know, every day's a new day.
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I've not met the director.
I'm not really sure who that is.
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Which guy is that?
278
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We got it.
We got it on.
279
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There's nothing stopping them now.
280
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There's me.
281
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Shit, man, who the fuck ain't a fan
of Blade movies?
282
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I'm always drawn to anti-heroes.
283
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There's something bad inside of me.
284
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- Blade's a great character.
- Aah!
285
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He's a man who is unknowable.
286
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He is a hero in spite of himself.
287
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Not a happy camper.
288
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He despises the whole idea
of being a vampire.
289
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Tortured.
290
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And he's not even
a particularly nice guy.
291
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His life's purpose is
to just simply kill vampires.
292
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He's incredibly focused,
incredibly intense.
293
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He has this ability to capture
the stoicism of a superhero.
294
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Very shaded, nuanced.
295
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The world isn't nice.
296
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He ends up doing something
for the benefit of humanity,
297
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but humanity doesn't really care
that he helped them out.
298
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You got 20 seconds.
299
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Not really a good guy.
300
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Twenty.
301
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He just knows the bad guys are worse.
302
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In my mind,
Wesley was always the perfect Blade,
303
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so when I was writing the first film,
304
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he was who I had in mind,
305
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and he was first person that we went to
and fortunately, he said yes.
306
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In casting all these actors,
307
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we look for an emotional range
and a strength
308
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and a vulnerability
and a complexity...
309
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Hide!
310
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...that each of these characters
has to have and of course, the humor.
311
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So we pick out types
that show those... those colors.
312
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I've changed my eyes.
Not bad.
313
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Very different, offbeat,
character-driven actors.
314
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And that was the way
we wanted to go with this film.
315
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I'm a huge fan
of Christopher Guest films,
316
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and A Mighty Wind came out
317
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and I'd always wanted
to work with Parker,
318
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and I sat down and tried to see
how many people from A Mighty Wind
319
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could I fit in a Blade film.
320
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I thought it was so hysterical
that you would take people from that cast
321
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and plunk them down into this cast.
322
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What's your take on all these rumors
we've been hearing about vampires?
323
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Vampires, vampires... what?
324
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It's unusual that you get to come back
three movies in a row,
325
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and say, "Well, what can we do
different with this character?
326
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How can we make
this character grow?"
327
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Aah!
328
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The third film is a story
about Blade transitioning
329
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from a heroic figure
to a mythic figure.
330
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Blade is gonna go through a tremendous
emotional transformation here.
331
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I felt it was important that Blade
come right up against mortality,
332
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so Whistler does die, and then Blade
is forced to team up with these kids.
333
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Who the hell are you people?
334
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He can't believe that this is
the card that he's been dealt.
335
00:16:01,093 --> 00:16:03,357
Sounds like rejects
from a Saturday morning cartoon.
336
00:16:03,429 --> 00:16:06,728
They're not as well-trained,
and they're not as powerful as Blade,
337
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and they lose their cool sometimes.
338
00:16:08,634 --> 00:16:10,898
I'm pretty sure
we saved your ass back there.
339
00:16:10,970 --> 00:16:13,598
Then it makes Blade angry
and it makes Blade frustrated
340
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that he has to rely on these kids,
341
00:16:15,207 --> 00:16:17,539
and it also makes Blade
feel out of place.
342
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Rookies.
343
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I think Wesley is a perfect Blade
344
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because he's well trained
in the martial arts.
345
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It comes to him naturally.
346
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He has an innate understanding
of action and movement and dance.
347
00:16:31,357 --> 00:16:34,053
But he's also a classically trained actor.
348
00:16:34,126 --> 00:16:38,085
And even though Blade is
a man of few words,
349
00:16:38,163 --> 00:16:41,530
so much of what Wesley does
with Blade
350
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he... he imbues with all these
beautiful little nuances.
351
00:16:46,105 --> 00:16:48,232
He has a certain flourish
to the way that he does things
352
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and a certain snap to his step.
353
00:16:49,875 --> 00:16:51,604
Kill you?
Motherfucker, I'll kill you!
354
00:16:51,677 --> 00:16:53,042
I'll just enjoy it better.
355
00:16:53,112 --> 00:16:56,172
It's very distinct to him
and to that character.
356
00:16:56,248 --> 00:16:58,512
Most of it's physical, in the same way
357
00:16:58,584 --> 00:17:02,611
that someone like Clint Eastwood will
imbue the lead character in Unforgiven.
358
00:17:03,288 --> 00:17:06,746
It's always a challenge with me to try to
have Blade speak as little as possible
359
00:17:06,825 --> 00:17:07,951
in the first act.
360
00:17:08,027 --> 00:17:09,824
I try to have him speak
less than ten lines
361
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in the first half an hour of the film.
362
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It takes a talented actor
to be able to pull that off.
363
00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:17,034
There are certain things
that are written in the script,
364
00:17:17,102 --> 00:17:20,037
and then there are certain things
than an actor brings to a role.
365
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And Wesley is very much fused
with the creation of that character
366
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and his persona.
367
00:17:26,678 --> 00:17:28,339
Wesley Snipes is Blade.
368
00:17:28,414 --> 00:17:34,250
There's really very little distance
between he and the character.
369
00:17:34,319 --> 00:17:37,652
Wesley is kind of
a Zen warrior himself.
370
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He imbues that character
with this sense of warrior-like severity
371
00:17:42,394 --> 00:17:44,225
and also a real sense of humor...
372
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Oh, it's you,
373
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...and lightness.
374
00:17:46,598 --> 00:17:47,622
Forgot my sword.
375
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Cootchie-coo.
376
00:17:48,767 --> 00:17:52,430
Couple that with his personal dedication
to the study of martial arts,
377
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his expertise, his knowledge,
sense of history and tradition,
378
00:17:56,475 --> 00:17:59,000
and you really end up with Blade.
379
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You'd be hard-pressed to find
anybody else that could play that role.
380
00:18:01,580 --> 00:18:04,515
Blade finds himself face to face
with his destiny,
381
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and then he has to fight
the vampire of all vampires.
382
00:18:09,054 --> 00:18:11,488
Ultimately, there's a... there's an ending,
383
00:18:11,557 --> 00:18:16,358
and Blade realizes
what his whole purpose in life is...
384
00:18:16,428 --> 00:18:19,022
was... had been.
385
00:18:21,834 --> 00:18:25,827
Hannibal King and Abigail
are very different
386
00:18:25,904 --> 00:18:29,431
and really, I think, cool additions
to the Blade universe.
387
00:18:29,508 --> 00:18:35,037
And it's fun because, I think, again they'll
defy audience expectations a little bit.
388
00:18:35,114 --> 00:18:36,376
They'll be a surprise.
389
00:18:36,448 --> 00:18:40,077
Of course, it doesn't have
the range of a sword.
390
00:18:40,152 --> 00:18:43,952
And it's also fun because
they defy Blade's expectations.
391
00:18:44,022 --> 00:18:45,046
You're kids.
392
00:18:45,124 --> 00:18:46,955
You're not ready to roll with this.
393
00:18:47,025 --> 00:18:48,720
Blade doesn't really know
how to deal with them.
394
00:18:48,794 --> 00:18:51,285
Like it or not, we are all you got.
395
00:18:51,363 --> 00:18:52,762
And that's a fun thing to watch.
396
00:18:52,831 --> 00:18:55,061
You might wanna consider
blinking once in a while.
397
00:18:56,568 --> 00:18:58,968
My relationship with King
is very special
398
00:18:59,037 --> 00:19:01,528
because it's kind of the only family
that she's got.
399
00:19:01,607 --> 00:19:04,007
We have this, like,
brother sister bond
400
00:19:04,076 --> 00:19:05,873
because we started
this whole thing together.
401
00:19:05,944 --> 00:19:07,673
He hates me, doesn't me?
402
00:19:07,746 --> 00:19:08,804
Yeah.
403
00:19:08,881 --> 00:19:11,076
The interplay
between she and Ryan...
404
00:19:12,918 --> 00:19:14,180
Thank you.
405
00:19:14,253 --> 00:19:15,242
...is sexy and fun...
406
00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:16,514
I brought your toys.
407
00:19:16,588 --> 00:19:17,577
...and energetic.
408
00:19:17,656 --> 00:19:18,645
Try to keep up.
409
00:19:18,724 --> 00:19:21,158
It has been brother and sister
in the past.
410
00:19:21,226 --> 00:19:24,559
I think now that they're in
this really intense situation...
411
00:19:24,630 --> 00:19:26,393
Eventually, Abigail found me.
412
00:19:26,465 --> 00:19:27,989
...when you read between the lines,
413
00:19:28,066 --> 00:19:31,900
there's definitely some intimate
sexual tension going on.
414
00:19:31,970 --> 00:19:34,131
And that's basically
turning a frown upside down.
415
00:19:34,206 --> 00:19:36,231
I think at the moment
a little more brother and sister
416
00:19:36,308 --> 00:19:40,267
but could possibly turn into
something a little bit more intimate.
417
00:19:40,979 --> 00:19:46,007
Abigail, the lost daughter
of Whistler himself,
418
00:19:46,084 --> 00:19:48,882
she understands
how awful the enemy is.
419
00:19:48,954 --> 00:19:53,152
She's really peeved
that the vampires are after her family,
420
00:19:53,225 --> 00:19:55,250
and she's gonna take her revenge.
421
00:19:55,327 --> 00:19:57,158
Ugh!
422
00:19:57,229 --> 00:19:59,663
She can fight the vampires
just as well as all the men in the movie.
423
00:19:59,731 --> 00:20:02,097
It's really wonderful to play an equal...
424
00:20:02,167 --> 00:20:03,657
Scream if this hurts, chica.
425
00:20:03,735 --> 00:20:05,168
...physically and mentally.
426
00:20:05,237 --> 00:20:07,535
- Ugh!
- Aah!
427
00:20:07,606 --> 00:20:09,870
Abigail Whistler is a woman
of very few words,
428
00:20:09,942 --> 00:20:12,410
and so she has to
imbue that character
429
00:20:12,477 --> 00:20:14,707
with a lot of physicality
and a lot of presence,
430
00:20:14,780 --> 00:20:17,078
and again, it's something
that's very difficult to do,
431
00:20:17,149 --> 00:20:18,377
and she does it very well.
432
00:20:18,450 --> 00:20:20,577
The scenes that she's in,
she completely owns,
433
00:20:20,652 --> 00:20:23,086
and she definitely gives Wesley
a run for his money.
434
00:20:23,155 --> 00:20:24,554
She really idolizes Blade...
435
00:20:24,623 --> 00:20:25,612
Are you all right?
436
00:20:25,691 --> 00:20:28,489
...and looks to him
as a replacement father
437
00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:30,892
because he's been
such a factor in her life
438
00:20:30,963 --> 00:20:33,864
even though she hasn't met him
until five days ago.
439
00:20:33,932 --> 00:20:35,399
Don't let it turn inward.
440
00:20:35,467 --> 00:20:40,131
She's also kind of a...
a closed character.
441
00:20:40,205 --> 00:20:42,571
She has a couple
of really wonderful vulnerable moments.
442
00:20:42,641 --> 00:20:43,835
...I'll just die.
443
00:20:43,909 --> 00:20:45,308
Zoe?
444
00:20:46,645 --> 00:20:47,805
Whistler.
445
00:20:58,657 --> 00:21:02,320
Jessica Biel... she has given this film
a tremendous grace.
446
00:21:02,394 --> 00:21:04,624
Not only that, you have Ryan Reynolds.
447
00:21:04,696 --> 00:21:07,722
Ryan brings something
which is also very interesting...
448
00:21:07,799 --> 00:21:13,328
a jovial street-wisey attitude
to that film.
449
00:21:13,405 --> 00:21:16,704
Hannibal King is
an acerbic vampire hunter.
450
00:21:16,775 --> 00:21:18,402
This dog has a bigger dick than you.
451
00:21:18,477 --> 00:21:20,945
You suck your own dick
with that mouth?
452
00:21:21,013 --> 00:21:22,742
I was talking to her!
453
00:21:22,814 --> 00:21:24,714
What's different about Hannibal
as opposed to Blade is
454
00:21:24,783 --> 00:21:26,648
Hannibal's defense is humor.
455
00:21:26,718 --> 00:21:31,178
And somehow, I... I don't picture you
teaching karate at the local Y.
456
00:21:31,256 --> 00:21:34,817
And also, Hannibal King sometimes
serves as the audience's proxy,
457
00:21:34,893 --> 00:21:36,827
because he doesn't view himself
as an action hero
458
00:21:36,895 --> 00:21:40,058
in the way that Blade obviously does
or even Abigail Whistler does.
459
00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:44,398
He's just a normal guy that kind of got
caught up in these horrific circumstances.
460
00:21:44,469 --> 00:21:46,369
Her fangs are located in her vagina.
461
00:21:46,438 --> 00:21:49,874
So it's fun to play this character
that doesn't take himself so seriously
462
00:21:49,941 --> 00:21:52,603
to the point where he's just
always got this mean face on,
463
00:21:52,678 --> 00:21:54,441
and he's just blood
and carnage everywhere.
464
00:21:54,513 --> 00:21:57,141
He's also got this
very unpredictable light side
465
00:21:57,215 --> 00:21:59,046
that comes out
at certain moments of the movie.
466
00:21:59,117 --> 00:22:02,553
I ate a lot of garlic,
and I just farted.
467
00:22:02,621 --> 00:22:03,849
Ryan is a terrific actor.
468
00:22:03,922 --> 00:22:05,583
Silent but deadly.
469
00:22:05,657 --> 00:22:07,215
He writes a lot of his own material,
470
00:22:07,292 --> 00:22:09,726
and he and I have had a lot of fun
working together
471
00:22:09,795 --> 00:22:11,820
and coming up
with little beats for Hannibal.
472
00:22:11,897 --> 00:22:14,798
Your hairdo is ridiculous.
473
00:22:14,866 --> 00:22:18,029
Acting with Ryan Reynolds
has been, like, the cheekiest...
474
00:22:18,103 --> 00:22:22,904
I've never seen acting with anyone
so incredibly cheeky.
475
00:22:22,974 --> 00:22:28,105
How about you take a sugar-frosted fuck
off the end of my dick?
476
00:22:28,180 --> 00:22:32,674
I mean, he is just... has those lines
and he just spits 'em out
477
00:22:32,751 --> 00:22:35,447
and he's... he's really funny.
478
00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,147
It's in my right ass cheek.
479
00:22:37,856 --> 00:22:41,053
And I also just love the fact that when...
when it comes time to go to battle,
480
00:22:41,126 --> 00:22:44,857
he's... just like flips
into this one-note killing machine.
481
00:22:44,930 --> 00:22:46,830
And King can kick ass,
482
00:22:46,898 --> 00:22:49,492
but he kicks ass
with a certain degree of irony.
483
00:22:49,568 --> 00:22:51,160
That's a hard thing to master,
484
00:22:51,236 --> 00:22:53,670
but it's like falling off a log for Ryan.
485
00:22:53,739 --> 00:22:56,207
It was fun to sort of play a character
that has these two sides.
486
00:22:56,274 --> 00:22:58,469
- Aah!
- Aah!
487
00:22:58,543 --> 00:22:59,976
Dracula?
488
00:23:00,345 --> 00:23:01,642
Dracula?
489
00:23:01,713 --> 00:23:05,342
Even Blade was, like,
"Come on. Dracula?"
490
00:23:05,417 --> 00:23:06,782
Aah!
491
00:23:06,852 --> 00:23:09,047
You know, he's a... he's a real badass.
492
00:23:09,121 --> 00:23:10,247
He's so bad.
493
00:23:10,322 --> 00:23:13,758
Dominic plays Drake
'cause he's really... he's just creepy.
494
00:23:13,825 --> 00:23:15,315
He's just plain creepy.
495
00:23:15,394 --> 00:23:17,021
Jimmy Morrison on steroids.
496
00:23:17,095 --> 00:23:20,189
He's made me believe
that this character is 7,000 years old.
497
00:23:20,265 --> 00:23:23,598
There's just something in his eyes
besides red contact lenses.
498
00:23:23,668 --> 00:23:26,933
It's hard to get away from the fangs
and the... and the eyes and stuff,
499
00:23:27,005 --> 00:23:29,337
but I just wanted to bring
a different slant to Dracula.
500
00:23:29,408 --> 00:23:32,275
He carries a certain low-boiling rage.
501
00:23:32,344 --> 00:23:33,971
He... he could be a threat.
502
00:23:34,045 --> 00:23:35,706
He's a good physical anchor for Blade
503
00:23:35,781 --> 00:23:38,682
and somebody who will do well
when they're fighting one on one.
504
00:23:38,750 --> 00:23:43,119
When Blade and Drake come together,
it's just a clash of the Titans.
505
00:23:43,188 --> 00:23:44,416
The best of the best.
506
00:23:44,489 --> 00:23:46,980
Blade is invincible, you know,
507
00:23:47,058 --> 00:23:49,652
but, uh, I think he's met his challenge.
508
00:23:49,728 --> 00:23:52,663
Dominic is absolutely a great nemesis.
509
00:23:53,231 --> 00:23:56,098
Aah!
510
00:23:56,168 --> 00:23:57,658
The ending of the film is intriguing.
511
00:23:57,736 --> 00:24:02,469
We see for the first time
a redeeming quality in Drake.
512
00:24:02,541 --> 00:24:05,203
I don't need to survive the future.
513
00:24:05,277 --> 00:24:07,370
He does something very special.
514
00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:11,212
And that is one of the things
that really attracted me to the part.
515
00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:13,012
The humans have a new hunter.
516
00:24:14,219 --> 00:24:15,379
Blade.
517
00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:17,684
Danica Talos is played
by Parker Posey.
518
00:24:19,691 --> 00:24:23,457
My role in it is to be the...
the female vampire... the heavy one...
519
00:24:23,528 --> 00:24:24,517
Uhh!
520
00:24:25,263 --> 00:24:26,753
- Ooh. Did I hit you?
- No.
521
00:24:26,832 --> 00:24:30,893
...who gets to gnash her teeth
and hiss and...
522
00:24:31,436 --> 00:24:33,028
...and just kind of...
523
00:24:33,104 --> 00:24:34,093
We used them.
524
00:24:34,172 --> 00:24:35,366
...you know, go all out.
525
00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:36,668
...to flush you out.
526
00:24:36,741 --> 00:24:39,608
She's hilarious and scary
527
00:24:39,678 --> 00:24:43,808
and gets to do some physical action
which she's never done in a movie before.
528
00:24:43,882 --> 00:24:45,110
I like your tattoos.
529
00:24:46,585 --> 00:24:48,018
Do they mean anything?
530
00:24:48,086 --> 00:24:50,577
Her energy's so completely
different from Wesley's.
531
00:24:50,655 --> 00:24:51,644
Are you tired?
532
00:24:51,723 --> 00:24:54,157
When the two of them are together,
it's interesting to watch.
533
00:24:54,226 --> 00:24:55,887
You're weak.
534
00:24:57,496 --> 00:25:01,193
I just thought it'd be fun to play
someone who wasn't human,
535
00:25:01,266 --> 00:25:03,632
who had been around
for 500, 600 years,
536
00:25:03,702 --> 00:25:06,296
try to make her kind of a snob,
537
00:25:06,371 --> 00:25:10,102
blasé... nothing's fun anymore
after a certain point.
538
00:25:10,175 --> 00:25:13,235
You know, to bring that kind of attitude
in there, that kind of arrogance.
539
00:25:13,311 --> 00:25:14,608
I'm gonna go in.
540
00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:19,048
All the old vampire movies and, you know,
those characters are, like, creepy
541
00:25:19,117 --> 00:25:23,952
and just to be really creepy...
at the same time, um, arresting.
542
00:25:24,022 --> 00:25:26,684
She's also the one
that made me a vampire.
543
00:25:26,758 --> 00:25:29,124
King was kind of my pet for a while,
544
00:25:29,194 --> 00:25:32,493
and I would tell him to do things
and he would... he would...
545
00:25:32,564 --> 00:25:34,964
He would, you know?
546
00:25:35,033 --> 00:25:38,935
'Cause that's the kind of relationship
Danica has with... with guys.
547
00:25:39,004 --> 00:25:42,804
You know, it's very, uh,
sadomasochistic and...
548
00:25:42,874 --> 00:25:44,205
She's basically bored.
549
00:25:44,276 --> 00:25:47,575
I mean, you know, she's been
around for 500, 600 years,
550
00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:51,377
just trying to have... trying
to make it interesting, you know?
551
00:25:51,449 --> 00:25:53,314
He basically lives to kill her.
552
00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,515
Maybe it's time I joined the game.
553
00:25:58,089 --> 00:25:59,488
Cut.
554
00:25:59,558 --> 00:26:02,857
Drake... Dracula
has come into their lives now
555
00:26:02,928 --> 00:26:04,987
so she's... kind of like
a weird kind of love story
556
00:26:05,063 --> 00:26:06,587
that they have between each other.
557
00:26:06,665 --> 00:26:08,724
That's how I look at it,
but, you know.
558
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:09,858
Cut.
559
00:26:09,935 --> 00:26:12,460
Drake wants to beep Danica.
560
00:26:12,537 --> 00:26:15,734
He's been asleep for 6,000 years,
so I think it's pretty understandable
561
00:26:15,807 --> 00:26:20,301
that... that would be one of the first things
to go through one's mind.
562
00:26:20,378 --> 00:26:24,007
He has this relationship to sunlight
that it... it doesn't harm him,
563
00:26:24,082 --> 00:26:27,051
so that becomes a metaphor
for love and respect.
564
00:26:27,118 --> 00:26:30,986
I mean, love and respect
in these two vampires.
565
00:26:31,056 --> 00:26:34,287
There's no romance
between Drake and Danica.
566
00:26:36,061 --> 00:26:40,020
Well... not really.
I... I wouldn't think...
567
00:26:40,098 --> 00:26:42,191
The way I'm playing it, there isn't.
568
00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:45,168
She's waited a long time
for a man to really come
569
00:26:45,236 --> 00:26:48,364
and... and sweep her off her feet
570
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,908
and to have fun with
and be able to spend time with
571
00:26:50,976 --> 00:26:54,673
and you know, she respects him
and I thought that was really funny
572
00:26:54,746 --> 00:26:58,739
and almost cute aspect
of the... of the script.
573
00:26:58,817 --> 00:27:00,785
I think people are kind of
fascinated with vampires
574
00:27:00,852 --> 00:27:04,879
because, well, they can live forever
and they make a moral choice.
575
00:27:04,956 --> 00:27:07,424
It's a vanity choice
to be able to live forever
576
00:27:07,492 --> 00:27:08,925
and... and feed off of other people,
577
00:27:08,994 --> 00:27:12,225
but I think subconsciously,
the reason why people relate to it
578
00:27:12,297 --> 00:27:15,027
is that it's a metaphor of addiction,
579
00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:19,036
of insatiable desire,
of... of arrogance.
580
00:27:19,504 --> 00:27:22,996
I don't know what it is
about vampire movies that people like.
581
00:27:23,074 --> 00:27:26,305
I'm not really big on killing anybody.
582
00:27:27,078 --> 00:27:30,536
But if you have to kill somebody,
it might as well be a vampire.
583
00:27:31,549 --> 00:27:35,815
The weight that Kris carries as a man,
as an actor, as that character,
584
00:27:35,887 --> 00:27:40,051
I think really has always
given the movie a great grounding.
585
00:27:40,125 --> 00:27:43,492
And the connection works so well
between Whistler and Blade.
586
00:27:43,561 --> 00:27:46,792
I see you alone,
surrounded by enemies.
587
00:27:46,865 --> 00:27:48,799
Kinda like a father son relationship.
588
00:27:48,867 --> 00:27:52,166
And I don't have a hard time with that,
having eight kids myself.
589
00:27:52,237 --> 00:27:53,397
Killing humans is messy.
590
00:27:53,471 --> 00:27:55,462
You better hope nobody ID'd you.
591
00:27:55,540 --> 00:27:58,634
I like Whistler's loyalty to Blade.
592
00:27:58,710 --> 00:28:00,109
- Friends?
- Yeah.
593
00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:01,702
You remember those?
594
00:28:01,780 --> 00:28:03,645
He doesn't beat around the bush,
595
00:28:03,715 --> 00:28:09,312
and he is a pretty direct commentator
on what's going on.
596
00:28:09,387 --> 00:28:10,752
How about this one?
597
00:28:10,822 --> 00:28:12,289
He unfortunately dies in this movie,
598
00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:15,383
but he's come back to life before,
so you never know.
599
00:28:15,460 --> 00:28:17,189
Dude, you're dead.
600
00:28:17,996 --> 00:28:20,521
What Jessica and Ryan
and Dominic are going through,
601
00:28:20,598 --> 00:28:22,498
that's... that's, uh, training.
602
00:28:22,567 --> 00:28:24,467
Uh, what I did was research.
603
00:28:24,536 --> 00:28:27,767
I did actually go down
to The Braille Institute in California.
604
00:28:27,839 --> 00:28:31,502
I mean, it was amazing
to witness how together and...
605
00:28:31,576 --> 00:28:34,807
It was great to not feel sorry for them
606
00:28:34,879 --> 00:28:37,643
and to not feel uncomfortable.
607
00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:39,308
You know, just going
and walking around,
608
00:28:39,384 --> 00:28:41,352
there was one lady... Carmen,
who actually was, uh,
609
00:28:41,419 --> 00:28:44,684
I guess she ran the institute, and just
seeing how put together she was,
610
00:28:44,756 --> 00:28:47,725
you know, like that she was in a suit
and that she was wearing mascara.
611
00:28:47,792 --> 00:28:49,623
She was just really...
612
00:28:49,694 --> 00:28:51,787
I... I mean, there was no, like, pity there.
613
00:28:51,863 --> 00:28:53,660
...boost DayStar's viral efficacy...
614
00:28:53,732 --> 00:28:55,757
It's not the kind of thing where,
like, just 'cause you're blind,
615
00:28:55,834 --> 00:28:57,165
you can't figure anything out.
616
00:28:57,235 --> 00:28:59,294
Biomedica Enterprises,
taq polymerase,
617
00:28:59,370 --> 00:29:01,565
bone marrow growth supplement,
genetic sequencing enzyme.
618
00:29:01,639 --> 00:29:03,163
I've never taken an acting lesson,
619
00:29:03,241 --> 00:29:06,210
so I actually took
my first acting lesson for this movie
620
00:29:06,277 --> 00:29:11,078
just to, you know, make sure that
I didn't do that, um, like, "I can't see you."
621
00:29:11,149 --> 00:29:13,140
I want you to hide, okay?
Like we talked about.
622
00:29:13,218 --> 00:29:14,412
Go on.
623
00:29:14,486 --> 00:29:16,511
Get out of here, Zoe!
624
00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:18,180
Hide!
625
00:29:18,256 --> 00:29:19,917
God damn it, Zoe!
626
00:29:20,725 --> 00:29:23,057
Triple H... I mean,
what a marvelous man.
627
00:29:23,128 --> 00:29:24,117
Uhh!
628
00:29:25,029 --> 00:29:26,189
Fucking ass-raped!
629
00:29:26,264 --> 00:29:29,700
Jarko Grimwood is a
skinny bookworm type guy.
630
00:29:29,768 --> 00:29:31,065
Aah!
631
00:29:31,469 --> 00:29:34,768
One of the things
that makes the WWE Superstars
632
00:29:34,839 --> 00:29:39,799
so adept at getting into acting and films
and other versions of television is...
633
00:29:39,878 --> 00:29:40,902
Cute, huh?
634
00:29:40,979 --> 00:29:44,312
...we go out on... on a weekly basis
and put ourselves into characters
635
00:29:44,382 --> 00:29:46,907
that we have to
invest ourselves in emotionally.
636
00:29:46,985 --> 00:29:48,043
Fuckface!
637
00:29:48,119 --> 00:29:50,019
Something... we have to
tone it down a little bit
638
00:29:50,088 --> 00:29:54,024
'cause, you know, when you play
for 50,000 people that are...
639
00:29:54,092 --> 00:29:56,026
quite a distance away in the rafters,
640
00:29:56,094 --> 00:29:58,585
y-you... you know,
you have to be larger than life,
641
00:29:58,663 --> 00:30:00,255
so you have to tone it down
a little bit for the cameras...
642
00:30:00,331 --> 00:30:01,389
You're not so big.
643
00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:04,299
...'cause it's more intimate, but I think
we're... we're well-trained for the role.
644
00:30:04,369 --> 00:30:05,836
Aah!
645
00:30:07,105 --> 00:30:08,367
We got him.
646
00:30:08,439 --> 00:30:11,966
It's a real mixture of people, and I think
just by bunching them all together
647
00:30:12,043 --> 00:30:15,945
and being able to put 'em all in a movie
should be interesting, you know?
648
00:30:16,014 --> 00:30:19,142
Dr. Vance... John Michael Higgins.
Genius.
649
00:30:19,217 --> 00:30:22,050
I think somebody here
wants to talk about vampires.
650
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,520
I think in Hollywood,
you end up playing bad guys a lot
651
00:30:24,589 --> 00:30:26,750
if you speak well,
if you have language,
652
00:30:26,825 --> 00:30:30,921
because bad guys are,
you know, educated,
653
00:30:30,995 --> 00:30:33,896
which is a very bad thing
in America, apparently.
654
00:30:33,965 --> 00:30:38,595
Symptoms of this disease are remarkably
similar to classic vampire traits.
655
00:30:38,670 --> 00:30:40,501
When his usefulness expires,
656
00:30:40,572 --> 00:30:43,666
I become a victim
of hideous special effects.
657
00:30:43,741 --> 00:30:45,072
What kind of a movie is this?
658
00:30:45,143 --> 00:30:47,338
I've always wanted
to die a horrible death,
659
00:30:47,412 --> 00:30:50,779
and for some reason,
this morning they shaved my chest.
660
00:30:50,849 --> 00:30:52,612
It's kind of exciting, actually.
661
00:30:52,684 --> 00:30:56,085
I'm gonna go home to my wife
and be like a male stripper.
662
00:30:56,154 --> 00:30:58,714
- The call has already been made.
- Don't fuck with my thing!
663
00:30:58,790 --> 00:31:01,759
There's a team from the hospital
effecting the transfer immediately.
664
00:31:01,826 --> 00:31:03,225
I'm still not sure why they did it.
665
00:31:03,294 --> 00:31:04,886
Do you think it was sexual?
666
00:31:04,963 --> 00:31:06,863
God, I hadn't thought of that.
667
00:31:06,931 --> 00:31:09,900
No one's thought of me
as a sexual being for 20 years.
668
00:31:10,902 --> 00:31:11,960
He's psychotic.
669
00:31:12,036 --> 00:31:14,197
I had a wonderful actor
by the name of Mark Berry.
670
00:31:14,272 --> 00:31:15,296
He was my reader.
671
00:31:15,373 --> 00:31:16,362
He did a terrific job.
672
00:31:16,441 --> 00:31:18,466
He would read with every actor
that came into the room,
673
00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:20,636
and he landed a lead role.
674
00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:24,808
The only vampires I'm worried about
are the ones passing the bar exam.
675
00:31:28,786 --> 00:31:33,723
Overall, it's by far the most exciting
ensemble we've had in a Blade movie.
676
00:31:33,791 --> 00:31:35,850
All right, Vance,
what the hell do you know?
677
00:31:35,927 --> 00:31:37,417
- Realization.
- Yes.
678
00:31:37,495 --> 00:31:38,928
Abby, it's Drake!
679
00:31:39,097 --> 00:31:40,291
Abby, it's Drake!
680
00:31:40,465 --> 00:31:42,524
Abby, it's Drake!
681
00:31:48,106 --> 00:31:51,837
It's just a terrific, terrific ensemble cast,
and we're very excited.
682
00:31:53,778 --> 00:31:57,373
Ryan, Jessica, Dominic.
683
00:31:57,448 --> 00:32:00,281
They were all training a good three months
before they started shooting.
684
00:32:00,351 --> 00:32:04,310
Every day, four hours a day,
seven days a week.
685
00:32:04,822 --> 00:32:07,689
You wanna really believe
that Abigail kicks ass.
686
00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:11,490
You wanna really believe that when
she goes after four or five vampires,
687
00:32:11,562 --> 00:32:15,123
you believe that this girl
could take down several large men,
688
00:32:15,199 --> 00:32:17,030
and you believe it of Ryan,
you believe it of Dom,
689
00:32:17,101 --> 00:32:19,433
and certainly, you've always
been able to believe it of Wes.
690
00:32:19,504 --> 00:32:22,564
I think it's got something to do
with how we view superheroes these days.
691
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,473
You haven't got a six pack
and a big chest and shoulders,
692
00:32:25,543 --> 00:32:27,238
people don't buy it somehow.
693
00:32:27,312 --> 00:32:29,542
Wesley's always in
sort of phenomenal shape
694
00:32:29,614 --> 00:32:34,074
and is a martial artist and is well-skilled
and very well-trained.
695
00:32:34,152 --> 00:32:35,710
I work out every day.
696
00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:38,085
I'll do something...
either some calisthenics
697
00:32:38,156 --> 00:32:43,184
or you know, some, uh, pilates,
some stretching, some kicking,
698
00:32:43,261 --> 00:32:47,630
a little boxing, you know, a little yoga.
699
00:32:49,334 --> 00:32:50,596
A little sleep.
700
00:32:51,536 --> 00:32:53,299
You should get more sleep.
That's the key.
701
00:32:53,371 --> 00:32:54,998
The trainer, before we started the film,
702
00:32:55,073 --> 00:32:57,701
wanted to pack on about ten pounds
on me and muscle up.
703
00:32:57,775 --> 00:33:00,005
You know, you gotta be able to
lift people over your head
704
00:33:00,078 --> 00:33:03,741
and throw them around
and fight blood-sucking vampires.
705
00:33:03,815 --> 00:33:06,010
I've had to go through
a lot of serious training,
706
00:33:06,084 --> 00:33:07,779
and it's been really fun.
707
00:33:07,852 --> 00:33:11,618
Lots of weight training,
lots of cardio, lots of running.
708
00:33:11,689 --> 00:33:14,123
Lean down, gain more muscle,
lose body fat.
709
00:33:14,192 --> 00:33:17,457
I would work out for an hour and a half,
710
00:33:17,528 --> 00:33:21,055
doing like 45 minutes of cardio
and then a full hour of weight lifting.
711
00:33:21,132 --> 00:33:24,499
Then I would go
to an hour of martial arts,
712
00:33:24,569 --> 00:33:29,063
and then an hour of archery,
and then I would fall asleep.
713
00:33:29,140 --> 00:33:30,971
That would be an everyday thing.
714
00:33:31,042 --> 00:33:35,445
Both Ryan and Jessica were
beautiful physical specimens
715
00:33:35,513 --> 00:33:37,310
before they started training,
716
00:33:37,382 --> 00:33:41,751
but Ryan's at something
like 3.8% body fat.
717
00:33:41,819 --> 00:33:46,882
Jessica's at, like, 8% or 6%...
something insane.
718
00:33:46,958 --> 00:33:51,657
Now, you and I are
probably at, like, 48% body fat.
719
00:33:52,630 --> 00:33:55,656
So they're on, like,
a whole different plane.
720
00:33:56,534 --> 00:33:59,002
And it shows in the movie.
I mean, they're ripped.
721
00:33:59,070 --> 00:34:03,473
We're on this very high,
intensive protein complex carb diet.
722
00:34:03,541 --> 00:34:07,409
It's all about the diet and the exercise,
I really have discovered.
723
00:34:07,478 --> 00:34:10,140
Getting up in the morning,
having oatmeal and then a protein shake
724
00:34:10,214 --> 00:34:11,738
and then eating two hours later...
725
00:34:11,816 --> 00:34:13,374
I mean, I'm having to eat
every two hours.
726
00:34:13,451 --> 00:34:16,215
Eating three big meals a day?
Not good.
727
00:34:16,287 --> 00:34:17,914
Your metabolism is slower.
728
00:34:17,989 --> 00:34:20,958
What you really would love to do,
in a perfect world,
729
00:34:21,025 --> 00:34:23,653
is have six to eight small meals a day.
730
00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:27,687
Tub of tuna with... with vegetables
and then chicken breast with lettuce,
731
00:34:27,765 --> 00:34:29,926
and then protein shake
and then protein bars,
732
00:34:30,001 --> 00:34:31,229
and it's, like, ugh!
733
00:34:31,302 --> 00:34:35,398
I'm eating drywall
and, um, woodchips, mostly.
734
00:34:35,473 --> 00:34:36,701
Give me a pizza!
735
00:34:39,010 --> 00:34:40,068
So you'll already be there.
736
00:34:40,144 --> 00:34:43,409
They've also been training
with fight specialists, fight coordinators.
737
00:34:43,481 --> 00:34:47,144
I was the fight choreographer
AKA the fight guy.
738
00:34:47,218 --> 00:34:50,710
And I was in charge of putting together
a lot of the fights and the action.
739
00:34:50,788 --> 00:34:55,122
They each have their own skill set
and their own martial art specific training.
740
00:34:55,193 --> 00:34:57,286
Dominic has been doing
a lot of sword fighting.
741
00:34:57,361 --> 00:35:00,819
Ryan has been doing a lot of just
sort of straight martial arts and boxing.
742
00:35:00,898 --> 00:35:03,867
Jess has been doing a lot of boxing,
kickboxing, archery,
743
00:35:03,935 --> 00:35:05,368
and they've all been doing shooting.
744
00:35:05,436 --> 00:35:09,099
Before Hong Kong came in with the more
stylized fighting and action like that,
745
00:35:09,173 --> 00:35:12,165
you didn't need it so much,
but now it's gotten a little bit more stylized
746
00:35:12,243 --> 00:35:14,905
and there's techniques to be learned
and techniques to be taught.
747
00:35:14,979 --> 00:35:18,142
And a lot of the actors, also,
now wanna do their own action,
748
00:35:18,216 --> 00:35:19,843
so since the actors are doing it,
749
00:35:19,917 --> 00:35:21,077
they have to have somebody
to train them,
750
00:35:21,152 --> 00:35:23,586
they have to have somebody
that knows that type of stylized action,
751
00:35:23,654 --> 00:35:26,282
so you need fight choreographers now.
752
00:35:26,357 --> 00:35:28,587
People make it up,
but it doesn't turn out so great,
753
00:35:28,659 --> 00:35:32,322
so... so it's good to have somebody
that has some kind of background.
754
00:35:32,396 --> 00:35:35,490
Their training has been
consistent of movement work
755
00:35:35,566 --> 00:35:37,557
as far as stances go,
756
00:35:37,635 --> 00:35:40,195
kicks, throwing punches,
a little sword work.
757
00:35:40,271 --> 00:35:41,795
And they've all been great.
758
00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:44,635
I've had to go through
a lot of serious training.
759
00:35:44,709 --> 00:35:47,303
Working with Jessica's been...
what can I say?
760
00:35:47,378 --> 00:35:49,073
It's been incredible.
She's awesome.
761
00:35:49,147 --> 00:35:51,707
She's a great physical specimen,
number one,
762
00:35:51,782 --> 00:35:53,147
and she's got a great attitude.
763
00:35:53,217 --> 00:35:56,812
And she's capable of doing
almost anything we throw at her.
764
00:35:56,888 --> 00:36:00,415
Martial arts training...
not one specific martial arts,
765
00:36:00,491 --> 00:36:05,190
but the whole gamut
of all different kinds.
766
00:36:05,263 --> 00:36:07,595
We used one move from savate
767
00:36:07,665 --> 00:36:10,725
and then we used another move
from wherever.
768
00:36:10,801 --> 00:36:12,496
I mean, right next to each other.
769
00:36:12,570 --> 00:36:14,299
And a lot of boxing, too.
770
00:36:14,372 --> 00:36:17,500
It's very much
like raw street fighting.
771
00:36:17,575 --> 00:36:19,873
She started training
as soon as she got the role,
772
00:36:19,944 --> 00:36:21,707
and she kicks ass.
773
00:36:21,779 --> 00:36:25,738
I mean, you know, we didn't have
a huge amount of time to prepare with her,
774
00:36:25,816 --> 00:36:28,751
so I called up one
of the fight coordinators
775
00:36:28,819 --> 00:36:31,344
and I said, "How are we doing?
How's Jess? Is she gonna be ready?"
776
00:36:31,422 --> 00:36:33,686
He goes, "Oh, man."
777
00:36:33,758 --> 00:36:35,248
She's got knowledge.
778
00:36:36,027 --> 00:36:37,324
She's gifted.
779
00:36:37,395 --> 00:36:41,388
I was in like a month early,
which is not a lot of time.
780
00:36:41,465 --> 00:36:44,662
Not a lot of time to train for a movie
like that with a lot of action,
781
00:36:44,735 --> 00:36:46,760
especially as much action
as they had to do.
782
00:36:47,705 --> 00:36:49,866
The archery was the hardest.
783
00:36:49,941 --> 00:36:51,636
It's really specific.
784
00:36:51,709 --> 00:36:55,201
Positions and how... how high your elbow is
and how you squeeze your back.
785
00:36:55,279 --> 00:36:57,770
You squeeze your back in a way
that you've never felt before
786
00:36:57,848 --> 00:36:58,837
if you've never done archery before,
787
00:36:58,916 --> 00:37:01,384
and it's incredibly difficult
to get used to that.
788
00:37:01,452 --> 00:37:03,818
So I'd say archery has been
my most challenging
789
00:37:03,888 --> 00:37:05,856
and the martial arts has just been fun.
790
00:37:05,923 --> 00:37:08,448
I mean, very hard
and gets you very sore,
791
00:37:08,526 --> 00:37:10,619
but that's just really fun for me.
792
00:37:10,695 --> 00:37:12,162
She's a very quick learner.
793
00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:16,326
She's been able to go toe for toe,
step for step right along the way.
794
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:17,560
She's been awesome.
795
00:37:17,635 --> 00:37:19,796
The fight training has been
really interesting.
796
00:37:19,870 --> 00:37:23,271
I just found it to be like a dance.
It truly is a choreographed dance.
797
00:37:23,341 --> 00:37:25,241
It's a deadly dance.
798
00:37:25,309 --> 00:37:26,936
That's pretty much it.
799
00:37:27,778 --> 00:37:28,802
You can get hurt.
800
00:37:28,879 --> 00:37:31,712
If you remove the...
the aspect of violence out of it,
801
00:37:31,782 --> 00:37:33,409
it... it really is beautiful.
802
00:37:33,484 --> 00:37:36,851
I used to do chop-socky films
myself as an actor,
803
00:37:36,921 --> 00:37:40,482
so I kinda brought what I learned
from the Hong Kong guys here,
804
00:37:40,558 --> 00:37:43,254
and then now I'm teaching it
to other people.
805
00:37:43,327 --> 00:37:45,955
I have a huge appreciation
for what these people do.
806
00:37:46,030 --> 00:37:48,692
The trainers that we're working with,
Chuck Jeffreys and Clay...
807
00:37:48,766 --> 00:37:50,529
they're so talented.
808
00:37:50,601 --> 00:37:54,537
What they do that's so interesting,
that no other martial artist
809
00:37:54,605 --> 00:37:58,166
that I've ever met or have ever
worked with has done this before,
810
00:37:58,242 --> 00:38:02,542
has taken something from our own lives
and applied it to this.
811
00:38:02,613 --> 00:38:06,777
So he knew that I take ballet,
and so he explained to me,
812
00:38:06,851 --> 00:38:08,546
"In this spinning hook kick,
813
00:38:08,619 --> 00:38:13,750
I need to spot my person
before I throw the kick,"
814
00:38:13,824 --> 00:38:16,657
and he was trying to get me
to look at the person and I never did,
815
00:38:16,727 --> 00:38:19,696
and h-he was, like, "Spot them,"
and it made sense to me.
816
00:38:19,764 --> 00:38:24,167
And like Dominic, who plays Drake,
he's a golfer and he plays cricket.
817
00:38:24,235 --> 00:38:26,294
And Dom has to work
with all these swords,
818
00:38:26,370 --> 00:38:28,531
so Chuck says,
"Now hit the cricket ball."
819
00:38:28,606 --> 00:38:30,904
Depending on their skills
and what they do already,
820
00:38:30,975 --> 00:38:34,274
we'll build a fight sometimes
based off of what they already know,
821
00:38:34,345 --> 00:38:35,437
so they correlate.
822
00:38:35,513 --> 00:38:37,276
So if you're a good golf guy,
823
00:38:37,348 --> 00:38:40,374
then we'll say, "Okay,
you gotta do a sword in this movie,"
824
00:38:40,451 --> 00:38:42,282
which like Dominic had to do sword,
825
00:38:42,353 --> 00:38:45,413
and he... he likes golf,
he likes cricket, tennis.
826
00:38:45,489 --> 00:38:47,013
Okay, we'll build it off of that.
827
00:38:47,091 --> 00:38:50,891
So at first, his movements
are more tennis, cricket, stuff like that,
828
00:38:50,961 --> 00:38:54,089
but as we keep going and going
and going and adding the violence to it
829
00:38:54,165 --> 00:38:56,861
and adding the technique to it,
it becomes sword fighting,
830
00:38:56,934 --> 00:38:58,731
which ends up being his style.
831
00:38:58,803 --> 00:39:01,363
None of us have ever worked
with swords or knives,
832
00:39:01,439 --> 00:39:03,498
or you know, martial arts...
any of this stuff.
833
00:39:03,574 --> 00:39:06,099
So that's how it's becoming
really easy for me.
834
00:39:06,177 --> 00:39:07,269
He's making it like a dance.
835
00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:11,304
He's making it like steps in a routine,
so I can understand it.
836
00:39:11,382 --> 00:39:15,546
And then he will personalize it for Ryan,
so Ryan can understand it,
837
00:39:15,619 --> 00:39:17,416
and... and so forth for everybody else.
838
00:39:17,488 --> 00:39:20,651
Ryan's been
an incredibly pleasing student also.
839
00:39:20,725 --> 00:39:23,319
He's very capable of doing
what we need him to do.
840
00:39:23,394 --> 00:39:28,764
His character's a little less flashy than
Blade or Abigail or any of the others.
841
00:39:28,833 --> 00:39:31,358
He's more or less a brawler
and kind of a jokester.
842
00:39:31,435 --> 00:39:34,598
He's just taken to it
like it's second nature also.
843
00:39:34,672 --> 00:39:35,661
They really get into it.
844
00:39:35,740 --> 00:39:37,367
They've taken it very seriously.
845
00:39:37,441 --> 00:39:39,432
They're in phenomenal shape.
846
00:39:39,510 --> 00:39:42,206
Ryan and Jessica
have been incredible students.
847
00:39:42,279 --> 00:39:43,974
They've progressed rather well.
848
00:39:44,048 --> 00:39:46,881
You know, we were very surprised
and very pleased.
849
00:39:46,951 --> 00:39:51,081
Fifty percent of what they're doing
is the fight.
850
00:39:51,155 --> 00:39:55,353
The other 50% is acting.
851
00:39:55,426 --> 00:39:58,691
You look so distraught!
852
00:39:58,763 --> 00:40:01,630
I worked with Parker Posey
in the interrogation room.
853
00:40:01,699 --> 00:40:05,362
And then,
when you can't stand it anymore...
854
00:40:05,436 --> 00:40:06,960
She's, you know...
855
00:40:08,072 --> 00:40:11,064
She's a very interesting individual.
856
00:40:11,142 --> 00:40:12,769
...so distraught!
857
00:40:12,843 --> 00:40:19,043
The special training has been
a revelation in torture.
858
00:40:19,116 --> 00:40:22,711
It's impressive to see how hard
they've worked and how far they've come.
859
00:40:22,787 --> 00:40:24,220
All I've ever really done
are comedies before,
860
00:40:24,288 --> 00:40:25,755
so this was something
totally new for me,
861
00:40:25,823 --> 00:40:28,621
so it's a tough thing
when you work a 14, 15-hour day,
862
00:40:28,692 --> 00:40:31,388
and then you have to get up
at 4:30 or 5:00 in the morning
863
00:40:31,462 --> 00:40:35,262
and go lift weights for two hours
and then go to work all day.
864
00:40:35,332 --> 00:40:37,823
So it's been hard.
It's weird, you know.
865
00:40:37,902 --> 00:40:39,062
My body doesn't feel the same.
866
00:40:39,136 --> 00:40:41,468
I can't... you know,
nothing fits the same way.
867
00:40:41,539 --> 00:40:44,906
It's all a little strange, but...
but you get into it, you love it.
868
00:40:44,975 --> 00:40:46,704
And in... in the long run,
you're so thankful and grateful
869
00:40:46,777 --> 00:40:48,608
that you had the opportunity
to change like that
870
00:40:48,679 --> 00:40:50,544
and really jump into a character.
871
00:40:50,614 --> 00:40:51,638
I feel really good.
872
00:40:51,715 --> 00:40:54,548
I... I'm definitely in the best shape
I've been in my whole life.
873
00:40:54,618 --> 00:40:56,279
How can you feel like a million bucks
when you're in shape
874
00:40:56,353 --> 00:40:57,945
when you're always exhausted?
875
00:40:58,022 --> 00:40:59,956
Like, when you're always working out,
876
00:41:00,024 --> 00:41:02,515
you never feel what it's like to be,
you know, fully strong.
877
00:41:02,593 --> 00:41:03,685
I just always feel like,
878
00:41:03,761 --> 00:41:06,787
"Whoa, God, my chest feels like
somebody, like, drove a truck over it."
879
00:41:06,864 --> 00:41:09,662
You know? So what's the point?
I don't know.
880
00:41:09,733 --> 00:41:12,133
It's really hard. Yeah.
881
00:41:12,203 --> 00:41:14,433
I might just go and light up
and have a cigarette now.
882
00:41:14,505 --> 00:41:16,666
- This is all prosthetics.
- Yeah.
883
00:41:16,740 --> 00:41:18,469
We've got a prosthetic six pack on him.
884
00:41:18,542 --> 00:41:20,567
It took four hours to apply.
885
00:41:20,644 --> 00:41:22,635
I'm actually a four-year-old
Asian peasant girl.
886
00:41:22,713 --> 00:41:24,180
Yeah.
887
00:41:24,248 --> 00:41:26,648
These action movies are getting
harder and harder, you know?
888
00:41:27,184 --> 00:41:29,550
I mean, I like the character,
but I could tell you, you know,
889
00:41:29,620 --> 00:41:32,248
I'm getting a little sorer and sorer
every day.
890
00:41:35,359 --> 00:41:39,318
Right from the get-go, David did want
to do something new and fresh for Blade.
891
00:41:39,396 --> 00:41:41,728
Working with David all along
has been great.
892
00:41:41,799 --> 00:41:42,925
Very open to new ideas.
893
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,595
He's very specific
about what's important to him,
894
00:41:46,670 --> 00:41:50,504
but also gives you enough leeway
to experiment and try something new.
895
00:41:50,574 --> 00:41:54,032
He's allowed me a lot of freedom
to really challenge myself
896
00:41:54,111 --> 00:41:55,874
and experiment with my team,
897
00:41:55,946 --> 00:41:58,744
trying to get the most dynamic sets
we possibly can.
898
00:41:58,816 --> 00:42:01,842
I'm always really eager
to provide references
899
00:42:01,919 --> 00:42:05,150
and my thoughts on how things might look
or how things could work
900
00:42:05,222 --> 00:42:09,318
and David is a really great collaborator
in that he's... he really seeks that out.
901
00:42:09,393 --> 00:42:12,487
Tyruben Ellingson is
one of the best in the business.
902
00:42:12,563 --> 00:42:15,999
He's worked on Blade 2,
and he was the first person I called.
903
00:42:16,066 --> 00:42:18,830
He's responsible for the design
of a lot of the weapons.
904
00:42:18,903 --> 00:42:22,339
He had some influence
in the costumes and Drake's armor.
905
00:42:22,406 --> 00:42:24,465
He comes up with all sorts
of fascinating ideas.
906
00:42:24,542 --> 00:42:28,239
The design aesthetic is always
with the vampires, very high-end,
907
00:42:28,312 --> 00:42:29,836
and with Blade and Whistler,
908
00:42:29,914 --> 00:42:33,907
it's very much like "Get the job done.
Let's strip it down.
909
00:42:33,984 --> 00:42:35,383
Let's just make it work."
910
00:42:35,452 --> 00:42:38,285
So that kind of established
the two kinds of designs.
911
00:42:38,355 --> 00:42:42,121
As production designer, I'm in charge
of presenting all the environment settings,
912
00:42:42,192 --> 00:42:44,319
sets, and locations to tell the story.
913
00:42:44,395 --> 00:42:48,991
David had written this third script
with a completely new vision,
914
00:42:49,066 --> 00:42:50,624
compared to the other two movies.
915
00:42:50,701 --> 00:42:55,263
This one being written as a very modern
approach to vampires in the city...
916
00:42:55,339 --> 00:42:58,069
a modern city, a dense city,
a corporate city...
917
00:42:58,142 --> 00:43:00,804
and the vampires,
corporate blood-suckers,
918
00:43:00,878 --> 00:43:04,837
live on top of this city
and kind of reign the world from there.
919
00:43:08,185 --> 00:43:11,621
You'll see in the approach to the design,
we actually threaded through
920
00:43:11,689 --> 00:43:17,321
this very modern layer of architecture
and set design and set dressing...
921
00:43:24,835 --> 00:43:28,327
...through those kind of departments of
city officials and the police departments...
922
00:43:28,405 --> 00:43:31,306
very sleek and very modern and clean.
923
00:43:31,375 --> 00:43:34,310
That all relates stylistically
to The Phoenix Towers,
924
00:43:34,378 --> 00:43:39,145
so you get a sense of perhaps the vampire
control throughout the entire world.
925
00:43:39,216 --> 00:43:43,812
And then things like the Nightstalkers',
uh, Blade and Whistler's safe house,
926
00:43:43,887 --> 00:43:47,880
and our other hideouts,
they're very textured and edge-city,
927
00:43:47,958 --> 00:43:51,655
so we'd have a great contrast between
what the vampires were in control of...
928
00:43:51,729 --> 00:43:54,391
very stylized society
of the vampire world...
929
00:43:54,465 --> 00:43:56,456
and then this battling force
930
00:43:56,533 --> 00:44:00,333
climbing the mountain to slay the dragon
on the hill kind of approach.
931
00:44:00,404 --> 00:44:02,770
We're standing now
in The Phoenix Towers.
932
00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:06,901
As scripted, David described
a modern space of steel and glass,
933
00:44:06,977 --> 00:44:08,569
so that was our first initiative.
934
00:44:08,646 --> 00:44:11,979
And then the action
described in the script
935
00:44:12,049 --> 00:44:13,949
was very kinetic and vertical,
936
00:44:14,018 --> 00:44:17,385
so we wanted to design a set
that had those elements,
937
00:44:17,454 --> 00:44:20,912
so, uh, we found one
of the biggest stages in town,
938
00:44:20,991 --> 00:44:23,983
and, uh, we're able to go vertically
as well as lengthwise
939
00:44:24,061 --> 00:44:25,722
to really spread out the action.
940
00:44:25,796 --> 00:44:30,256
And with the three characters...
Blade, Abigail, and King...
941
00:44:30,334 --> 00:44:33,235
wanted each of them to have a zone
where they could battle,
942
00:44:33,303 --> 00:44:34,429
and then with the verticality,
943
00:44:34,505 --> 00:44:38,441
David had scripted large falls
for the characters as they fought.
944
00:44:39,009 --> 00:44:42,274
This entire structure was
completely engineered
945
00:44:42,346 --> 00:44:46,874
so this large truss pretty much hangs
from the... from the building.
946
00:44:46,950 --> 00:44:50,317
We had to first study the building,
make sure it was still structurally sound,
947
00:44:50,387 --> 00:44:52,981
and then calculate,
obviously, the weight
948
00:44:53,057 --> 00:44:56,788
and what kind of loads we would add
to the building to support our truss,
949
00:44:56,860 --> 00:44:58,259
and we have it down to the pound
950
00:44:58,328 --> 00:45:00,489
on how much we can
actually hang off the building.
951
00:45:00,564 --> 00:45:04,398
This building was used to build all
the bridges here in Vancouver at one time.
952
00:45:04,468 --> 00:45:06,060
That's why it's called
The Bridge Studios.
953
00:45:06,136 --> 00:45:08,832
They're digging on our bridge
that we have built inside.
954
00:45:08,906 --> 00:45:13,138
Early on in development, they were
thinking perhaps it was two locations.
955
00:45:13,210 --> 00:45:16,236
I proposed this one large set
to contain all the action,
956
00:45:16,313 --> 00:45:19,282
as opposed to break it up
between two separate sets,
957
00:45:19,349 --> 00:45:22,045
so all the characters would
end up in one big space.
958
00:45:22,119 --> 00:45:25,088
I always thought it'd be great to have
this one main element of a truss
959
00:45:25,155 --> 00:45:27,282
cutting through the set
960
00:45:27,357 --> 00:45:29,484
to allow Abigail to, in all the action,
961
00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:33,758
essentially to traverse through the set
and find itself in one place.
962
00:45:33,831 --> 00:45:38,325
This here is the truss that Abigail
will have her action sequence on.
963
00:45:38,402 --> 00:45:41,769
We're average about 40 feet
above the studio floor.
964
00:45:41,839 --> 00:45:44,831
And each one of these triangles
will have a piece of glass in
965
00:45:44,908 --> 00:45:47,570
to obstruct her clean shot.
966
00:45:49,379 --> 00:45:53,076
This ramp system, Blade will come up
and fight vampires all the way up
967
00:45:53,150 --> 00:45:55,948
until he reaches the third level,
which is the conference room,
968
00:45:56,019 --> 00:46:00,615
where Blade will face off with Drake,
kind of in an old western stand-off,
969
00:46:00,691 --> 00:46:02,921
with the large conference table
between them,
970
00:46:02,993 --> 00:46:05,860
work their way across
to this exterior rooftop
971
00:46:05,929 --> 00:46:09,228
and then that fight is designed now
to fall off that rooftop
972
00:46:09,299 --> 00:46:12,132
and land in the exterior plaza below.
973
00:46:12,669 --> 00:46:17,106
So the whole set was designed to move
the action towards this final moment
974
00:46:17,174 --> 00:46:19,335
of that final arrow shot.
975
00:46:19,409 --> 00:46:24,108
The other interesting thing about
vampires is they get killed by UV light,
976
00:46:24,181 --> 00:46:27,150
so the penthouse...
the Phoenix Tower penthouse...
977
00:46:27,217 --> 00:46:32,086
being on top of the world is...
the irony is it's closest to the sun.
978
00:46:32,156 --> 00:46:37,116
So we approached it as if they moved
into this large cap tower
979
00:46:37,194 --> 00:46:40,391
and actually had to retrofit
sunscreening devices
980
00:46:40,464 --> 00:46:44,127
and so we... we looked at sun reflectors
that NASA may use.
981
00:46:44,201 --> 00:46:46,032
Pulling that thread through the design,
982
00:46:46,103 --> 00:46:49,300
we were able to create
new and exciting textures on walls.
983
00:46:49,373 --> 00:46:52,740
This whole place is designed
as a sunscreen, basically.
984
00:46:52,810 --> 00:46:56,007
And all the surfaces you see
are to block sunlight.
985
00:46:56,079 --> 00:47:00,072
That's why you see layers
of thermal screening, reflective materials,
986
00:47:00,150 --> 00:47:03,813
uh, and other, uh,
textural fabrics and things.
987
00:47:03,887 --> 00:47:07,755
Danica, being the queen bee of it all,
has the most elaborate system.
988
00:47:07,825 --> 00:47:10,794
There's a scene where Drake
threatens Danica with sunlight,
989
00:47:10,861 --> 00:47:13,091
so we wanted to have
a... a louver system
990
00:47:13,163 --> 00:47:17,429
and fire light down through it
so it feels like an exterior wall.
991
00:47:18,735 --> 00:47:20,600
The Nightstalkers,
because they're the humans,
992
00:47:20,671 --> 00:47:22,138
they don't... they're disenfranchised.
993
00:47:22,206 --> 00:47:24,367
They don't have as much money
as the vampires.
994
00:47:24,441 --> 00:47:27,137
They lead a more of a ragtag existence,
995
00:47:27,211 --> 00:47:30,738
and so their worlds are a little bleaker,
a little more cluttered.
996
00:47:30,814 --> 00:47:34,807
The Nightstalkers' headquarters
is this barge that was a... a restaurant
997
00:47:34,885 --> 00:47:38,946
for Expo '86 and has been sitting
off the coast of Vancouver for years,
998
00:47:39,022 --> 00:47:43,186
and I got to thinking,
"What if we drag this barge into port
999
00:47:43,260 --> 00:47:44,989
and turned it in our Nightstalkers lair?"
1000
00:47:45,062 --> 00:47:46,723
And it's just a shell with windows,
1001
00:47:46,797 --> 00:47:50,392
and we're putting in all the technology,
all the weapons, the armory...
1002
00:47:50,467 --> 00:47:53,368
everything the Nightstalkers do
to slay vampires.
1003
00:47:53,437 --> 00:47:55,166
Mmm. I'm impressed.
1004
00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:56,729
Welcome to the ziggurat.
1005
00:47:56,807 --> 00:47:58,638
These stairs will play as two things...
1006
00:47:58,709 --> 00:48:00,404
the base of the ziggurat stairs,
1007
00:48:00,477 --> 00:48:02,172
and then when we get to the top,
1008
00:48:02,246 --> 00:48:04,373
we'll double it
as the top of the stairs as well.
1009
00:48:06,016 --> 00:48:08,541
So this is the staircase
after it's revealed
1010
00:48:08,619 --> 00:48:12,248
that, uh, the vampires go down
several flights of stairs,
1011
00:48:12,322 --> 00:48:14,381
and we pick 'em up coming down
into the other set piece
1012
00:48:14,458 --> 00:48:18,588
where they find Dracula
several stories underground
1013
00:48:18,662 --> 00:48:20,459
over on this side.
1014
00:48:22,099 --> 00:48:23,862
Obviously a work in progress,
1015
00:48:23,934 --> 00:48:27,563
but this staircase here is
where the vampires will continue down
1016
00:48:27,638 --> 00:48:33,076
and we've crumbled this set
to show that it's thousands of years old.
1017
00:48:33,143 --> 00:48:38,672
We've done a very crude version
of early cuneiform with carved artwork,
1018
00:48:38,749 --> 00:48:43,083
and then also, Drake's glyph
is hidden amongst all this cuneiform,
1019
00:48:43,153 --> 00:48:47,317
for those who want to pause the DVD
and find it in the movie.
1020
00:48:52,029 --> 00:48:54,054
Aah!
1021
00:48:58,502 --> 00:49:02,404
All these walls come right up
to these columns to enclose the whole set,
1022
00:49:02,472 --> 00:49:05,100
so they're just pulled off now
so we can shoot into the set,
1023
00:49:05,175 --> 00:49:07,473
making the set feel larger
than it actually is.
1024
00:49:07,544 --> 00:49:11,640
Flashlights and lanterns and that's
pretty much what's gonna light this set.
1025
00:49:11,715 --> 00:49:15,276
So we want to make it very textural
so when the flashlight goes across it,
1026
00:49:15,352 --> 00:49:18,185
there's always something going on
and it doesn't flatten out on us.
1027
00:49:18,255 --> 00:49:19,688
What's this chicken scratch?
1028
00:49:20,657 --> 00:49:23,956
Construction crew's pretty small
to do a set like this.
1029
00:49:24,027 --> 00:49:26,587
Get some great artists
who can carve foam,
1030
00:49:26,663 --> 00:49:28,528
and then it... it goes pretty quickly,
1031
00:49:28,598 --> 00:49:33,035
using very simple tools
and chainsaws even to, uh, rough it in.
1032
00:49:33,103 --> 00:49:34,695
And then the paint team will come in
1033
00:49:34,771 --> 00:49:38,673
and add actual sand
to really tie it in to the location.
1034
00:49:47,250 --> 00:49:50,686
A costume designer's job
is to come up with concepts
1035
00:49:50,754 --> 00:49:54,121
in conjunction with the director
and the actors and implement them,
1036
00:49:54,191 --> 00:49:57,558
whether that be designing from scratch
and having costumes built,
1037
00:49:57,627 --> 00:50:01,893
or finding items and putting them together
in unique and interesting ways.
1038
00:50:01,965 --> 00:50:05,401
A psychological journey, really,
into the mind of a character,
1039
00:50:05,469 --> 00:50:09,064
because it's basically how they choose
to present themselves to the world.
1040
00:50:09,139 --> 00:50:12,108
And it says so much
about who they are as a character.
1041
00:50:12,175 --> 00:50:16,805
Every choice that we make
helps the actor become the character.
1042
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:18,313
At the beginning of any project,
1043
00:50:18,382 --> 00:50:21,977
one thing that I like to do is
pull together a lot of images...
1044
00:50:22,052 --> 00:50:25,783
comic books, swatches of fabric,
color samples.
1045
00:50:25,856 --> 00:50:27,949
I put them together
on character boards.
1046
00:50:28,025 --> 00:50:31,017
With that, I then would start
the sketch process.
1047
00:50:31,094 --> 00:50:33,824
I also worked a lot with Ty Ellingson
in the beginning
1048
00:50:33,897 --> 00:50:36,889
for some of the other characters,
like Drake.
1049
00:50:36,967 --> 00:50:40,562
It was important to us
that we not do the same look
1050
00:50:40,637 --> 00:50:42,628
that we did in either
of the other movies.
1051
00:50:42,706 --> 00:50:44,298
Make it a little bit
more bohemian,
1052
00:50:44,374 --> 00:50:47,366
a little bit more worldly,
a little bit more multi-cultural,
1053
00:50:47,444 --> 00:50:49,639
take elements that were high fashion
1054
00:50:49,713 --> 00:50:52,375
because the vampires are
a super sort of slick group
1055
00:50:52,449 --> 00:50:55,043
that obviously,
are very vain and narcissistic
1056
00:50:55,118 --> 00:50:59,521
but also, just show their history
throughout the timeline.
1057
00:50:59,589 --> 00:51:01,648
Here we are in my wardrobe truck.
1058
00:51:01,725 --> 00:51:04,285
This is my dog Hunter,
the mascot of our department.
1059
00:51:04,361 --> 00:51:05,919
Don't mind the zipper down the side.
1060
00:51:05,996 --> 00:51:07,486
A vampire got her.
1061
00:51:07,564 --> 00:51:11,796
In terms of Blade's costume,
I did want to play with different textures
1062
00:51:11,868 --> 00:51:13,130
and the way light hit it.
1063
00:51:13,203 --> 00:51:15,603
We then covered with a mesh fabric,
1064
00:51:15,672 --> 00:51:23,010
which is very much a fabric used in a lot
of protective gear in various sports.
1065
00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:27,915
And these are the buckles that attach
to this scabbard back piece.
1066
00:51:27,984 --> 00:51:31,681
This scabbard holds his sword.
1067
00:51:31,755 --> 00:51:34,986
We developed it
on this rotating element here,
1068
00:51:35,058 --> 00:51:38,494
so that when it's on Wes' back,
he can actually push the bottom
1069
00:51:38,562 --> 00:51:40,553
and the whole sword
rotates to the side
1070
00:51:40,630 --> 00:51:42,530
so that he can actually lift his sword up.
1071
00:51:42,599 --> 00:51:43,930
And it's amazing
that Wesley can do this.
1072
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:46,195
He's the only man alive that can.
1073
00:51:46,269 --> 00:51:48,066
With the new design
for the Blade jacket,
1074
00:51:48,138 --> 00:51:50,197
we dyed Thai silk.
1075
00:51:50,273 --> 00:51:53,674
It starts with a saffron color,
1076
00:51:53,743 --> 00:51:57,679
and then ends down at the bottom
with a rich burgundy.
1077
00:51:57,747 --> 00:52:02,377
This was taken from Buddhist monks
and the colors of Thailand.
1078
00:52:02,452 --> 00:52:05,182
You're not ready to roll with this.
I mean, look at the way you're dressed.
1079
00:52:05,255 --> 00:52:09,385
Blade has very stylized costumes.
1080
00:52:09,459 --> 00:52:10,983
He is a superhero.
1081
00:52:11,061 --> 00:52:12,995
He has arrived at superhero status.
1082
00:52:13,063 --> 00:52:15,463
The Nightstalkers are
still scrapping it out
1083
00:52:15,532 --> 00:52:17,898
as more of a grassroots organization,
1084
00:52:17,968 --> 00:52:20,994
so there's lots of elements
of the costumes...
1085
00:52:21,071 --> 00:52:25,007
their protective wear and stuff like that...
that are things that we found in the world
1086
00:52:25,075 --> 00:52:28,772
that we just sort of augmented
and changed to work for them.
1087
00:52:28,845 --> 00:52:31,837
This actually is a vest
that's used by jockeys.
1088
00:52:31,915 --> 00:52:34,941
It's a padded vest, and it's in case
they get thrown off the horse,
1089
00:52:35,018 --> 00:52:37,612
to protect them
from any sort of injuries.
1090
00:52:37,687 --> 00:52:39,552
It's articulated, it moves really nicely,
1091
00:52:39,623 --> 00:52:42,353
and on Ryan's hot little body,
it looks really super sassy.
1092
00:52:42,425 --> 00:52:45,986
When we first see Abigail,
she's dressed like a waif
1093
00:52:46,062 --> 00:52:49,054
and becomes
this super cool killing machine,
1094
00:52:49,132 --> 00:52:50,360
and it was really neat because
1095
00:52:50,433 --> 00:52:52,401
actually, one of our producers
didn't even recognize her
1096
00:52:52,469 --> 00:52:53,936
when she was sitting in her chair.
1097
00:52:54,004 --> 00:52:55,767
- Uhh!
- Aah!
1098
00:52:55,839 --> 00:52:57,739
Some of our first ideas for Abigail
1099
00:52:57,807 --> 00:53:03,643
were that we thought she could be
in Army Navy pants and little T-shirts.
1100
00:53:03,713 --> 00:53:07,012
I really wanted there to be elements
in Abigail's character
1101
00:53:07,083 --> 00:53:11,315
that kind of hearkened back to the fact
that she is Whistler's daughter.
1102
00:53:11,388 --> 00:53:17,088
From those first ideas, we kind of
morphed her a little bit along
1103
00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:21,062
into a bit more of a punched up version
of those things,
1104
00:53:21,131 --> 00:53:23,759
making sure that her clothes
fit her quite nicely
1105
00:53:23,833 --> 00:53:24,959
so that they looked good,
1106
00:53:25,035 --> 00:53:28,766
also making sure that they fit her in a way
that she could be an ass-kicker.
1107
00:53:28,838 --> 00:53:30,533
Aah!
1108
00:53:30,607 --> 00:53:35,670
We see the arc of her character start
going a little bit more comic book
1109
00:53:35,745 --> 00:53:37,645
when she starts hanging with Blade
a little bit more.
1110
00:53:37,714 --> 00:53:41,707
I pulled in the colors of Blade's world
into Abigail's world
1111
00:53:41,785 --> 00:53:44,583
to start showing kind of
their relationship together
1112
00:53:44,654 --> 00:53:47,452
and the influence
that Blade has on Abigail.
1113
00:53:47,524 --> 00:53:49,958
We thought there should be an irony
with some of the characters,
1114
00:53:50,026 --> 00:53:51,857
and we brought that out
in King's character most of all.
1115
00:53:51,928 --> 00:53:52,917
Evening, ladies.
1116
00:53:52,996 --> 00:53:56,727
This one I wanted to look a lot
like the street art that you see
1117
00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:58,665
on the sides
of the walls of buildings.
1118
00:53:58,735 --> 00:54:00,669
Like, this guy just took
a couple of spray paint cans
1119
00:54:00,737 --> 00:54:03,399
and some masking tape
and he made himself this bull's eye...
1120
00:54:03,473 --> 00:54:05,737
just an in-your-face type of thing.
1121
00:54:05,809 --> 00:54:10,303
We took this otherwise normal,
everyday, run and punch guy
1122
00:54:10,380 --> 00:54:15,545
and made him this superhero,
kind of, in a way, against his own will.
1123
00:54:15,619 --> 00:54:18,588
He fell into the role
because he had bad taste in women.
1124
00:54:18,655 --> 00:54:20,282
Her fangs are located in her vagina.
1125
00:54:21,758 --> 00:54:23,282
Here we are with Danica.
1126
00:54:24,094 --> 00:54:30,397
Danica's pieces are very much based
on ethnic influences
1127
00:54:30,467 --> 00:54:32,094
and also the fashions of today.
1128
00:54:32,168 --> 00:54:34,033
Those pieces are very modern,
1129
00:54:34,104 --> 00:54:38,871
but the shapes and the colors
are derivative of other places
1130
00:54:38,942 --> 00:54:40,307
and other times.
1131
00:54:40,377 --> 00:54:43,369
We went to Saks Fifth Avenue
in Manhattan,
1132
00:54:43,446 --> 00:54:44,708
where I had
one of my assistants purchase
1133
00:54:44,781 --> 00:54:49,878
a couple of really lovely,
super, super high fashion suits.
1134
00:54:49,953 --> 00:54:55,550
It's her version of being a regular person,
at the tune of several thousands of dollars.
1135
00:54:55,625 --> 00:54:57,024
Let's roll, please.
1136
00:54:57,093 --> 00:55:00,085
We actually copied a dress
that we had bought
1137
00:55:00,163 --> 00:55:02,597
that was really, really beautiful
on her body,
1138
00:55:02,666 --> 00:55:07,035
but I really, really, really wanted it
in this amazing color,
1139
00:55:07,103 --> 00:55:10,732
especially with Parker's
amazing contacts that they put in her,
1140
00:55:10,807 --> 00:55:13,139
which are this amazing blue-green.
1141
00:55:13,209 --> 00:55:17,543
These vibrant blues and greens
just really, really looked striking with her.
1142
00:55:17,614 --> 00:55:18,638
Fantastic.
1143
00:55:18,715 --> 00:55:21,946
We purchased most of Danica's costumes
in New York City, actually.
1144
00:55:22,018 --> 00:55:25,146
These were purchased pieces,
but we took them and changed their shape
1145
00:55:25,221 --> 00:55:28,782
and brought some of the super fun lining
out to the front of it,
1146
00:55:28,858 --> 00:55:32,453
and this has the kimono sleeves.
1147
00:55:32,529 --> 00:55:35,293
One of the ideas that Parker had,
which is brilliant,
1148
00:55:35,365 --> 00:55:38,892
was just getting
a bunch of animal skins...
1149
00:55:38,968 --> 00:55:41,596
not fur coats, but animal skins...
1150
00:55:41,671 --> 00:55:43,605
and she drapes them on
1151
00:55:43,673 --> 00:55:47,336
and wears them in some perverse ways,
which are super cool,
1152
00:55:47,410 --> 00:55:49,901
like pulling the tail
through the eyeball, stuff like that.
1153
00:55:49,979 --> 00:55:52,038
You know, stuff that a vampire might do.
1154
00:55:52,115 --> 00:55:55,380
With Drake, we didn't want to go
too over-the-top.
1155
00:55:55,452 --> 00:55:57,215
We didn't want him to be
too super slick,
1156
00:55:57,287 --> 00:56:00,950
but we also didn't want him
to be too hippy-dippy.
1157
00:56:01,024 --> 00:56:03,015
He had to look
like the king of the vampires.
1158
00:56:03,093 --> 00:56:06,620
It was his accessories
that created that look.
1159
00:56:06,696 --> 00:56:09,563
His jewelry immediately
made Dom feel like Drake.
1160
00:56:09,632 --> 00:56:10,826
Whenever he puts his jewelry on,
1161
00:56:10,900 --> 00:56:13,835
it's, like, he's arrived,
he is the character.
1162
00:56:14,337 --> 00:56:19,900
This is the underpinnings to the full suit
of armor that he wears as the beast.
1163
00:56:19,976 --> 00:56:23,878
Quite an exciting costume.
1164
00:56:23,947 --> 00:56:25,346
Blade.
1165
00:56:26,483 --> 00:56:27,643
Ready to die?
1166
00:56:27,717 --> 00:56:29,150
It goes something like this.
1167
00:56:29,219 --> 00:56:32,188
Dom did a lot of work
practicing his sword work,
1168
00:56:32,255 --> 00:56:34,849
and so it was really important
that with this armor,
1169
00:56:34,924 --> 00:56:37,051
he could move and function really well.
1170
00:56:37,127 --> 00:56:40,358
We really wanted to highlight
that he's been around pretty much forever.
1171
00:56:40,430 --> 00:56:46,835
This arm here has elements that hearken
back to samurai and other time periods.
1172
00:56:46,903 --> 00:56:49,167
We have some
encrusted jewels in here.
1173
00:56:49,239 --> 00:56:52,333
We've done some aging
with various acids.
1174
00:56:52,409 --> 00:56:59,474
The gauntlet hand has both metal
and it has elements that are bronze.
1175
00:57:00,517 --> 00:57:04,544
And it's just aged down
and battle-scarred.
1176
00:57:12,829 --> 00:57:18,062
Everything that I'm doing is permeated
by the ideas and by the mind...
1177
00:57:18,134 --> 00:57:20,159
the incredible mind of David Goyer.
1178
00:57:20,236 --> 00:57:24,002
The real world, real people,
being on location.
1179
00:57:24,073 --> 00:57:26,473
They just look so beautiful,
these movies.
1180
00:57:26,543 --> 00:57:29,011
It's not glossy, it's not shiny mirrors.
1181
00:57:29,078 --> 00:57:31,308
There's a very rustic, earthy color.
1182
00:57:31,381 --> 00:57:34,714
I felt that the first two Blade films had
a very distinctive look from one another.
1183
00:57:34,784 --> 00:57:36,979
The first movie was very in the world.
1184
00:57:37,053 --> 00:57:38,816
The second movie went underground.
1185
00:57:38,888 --> 00:57:42,415
It became a little more stylized,
a little more unto itself.
1186
00:57:42,492 --> 00:57:45,120
This movie aims to go back
into the world.
1187
00:57:45,195 --> 00:57:47,561
A third film also should have
a very distinctive look.
1188
00:57:47,630 --> 00:57:50,724
Gabriel Beristain shot the last movie,
he's shooting this one,
1189
00:57:50,800 --> 00:57:53,496
and I think one of the reasons why
he was excited to come back
1190
00:57:53,570 --> 00:57:54,832
was to work with Goyer.
1191
00:57:54,904 --> 00:57:58,965
Here we have David Goyer, who is
the one who has adapted this story
1192
00:57:59,042 --> 00:58:01,033
into this wonderful script,
1193
00:58:01,110 --> 00:58:04,511
telling me, "I want you to create something
completely unique for this film."
1194
00:58:06,015 --> 00:58:07,539
- This is urban.
- No!
1195
00:58:07,617 --> 00:58:11,280
This is gritty. This is... this is a film
that happens in the city.
1196
00:58:11,354 --> 00:58:16,553
This is a film that for first time,
Blade confronts and kills real people.
1197
00:58:16,626 --> 00:58:19,754
So it takes Blade
to completely different level.
1198
00:58:19,829 --> 00:58:22,593
And it takes the photography
and my camera work
1199
00:58:22,665 --> 00:58:24,792
to a completely different level.
1200
00:58:24,868 --> 00:58:27,564
The locations define our palette.
1201
00:58:27,637 --> 00:58:32,904
We are taking all the range of colors
because that is what the city is.
1202
00:58:32,976 --> 00:58:37,743
The rustic colors, the earthy,
are very important for certain areas.
1203
00:58:37,814 --> 00:58:41,250
But at the same time,
when you come out into the city,
1204
00:58:41,317 --> 00:58:43,877
you are into the big glass and metal.
1205
00:58:43,953 --> 00:58:48,413
For first time, you're gonna see
bright sets and an explosion...
1206
00:58:48,491 --> 00:58:52,825
not an explosion of color,
but yes, an explosion of light.
1207
00:58:52,896 --> 00:58:56,457
And... and because
it's... it's the whole environment
1208
00:58:56,533 --> 00:58:59,525
in which Blade is gonna be
entering emotionally,
1209
00:58:59,602 --> 00:59:03,129
I want my lighting
and the cameras to really respond
1210
00:59:03,206 --> 00:59:08,610
to those emotions that this new Blade
is going to be confronting himself.
1211
00:59:08,678 --> 00:59:11,647
His approach to shooting the film
1212
00:59:11,714 --> 00:59:16,083
was to have these
very dynamic moving cameras.