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Patton Oswalt Has Some Pretty Awesome Wesley Snipes Stories From 'Blade: Trinity'
- By Kevin Jagernauth
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- November 19, 2012 11:42 AM
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- 12 Comments
The AV Club's Random Roles feature is always a good read, but leave it Patton Oswalt to serve up one of the best anecdotes about shooting a movie in recent memory. Nearly a decade ago, the actor found himself with a role in "Blade: Trinity" and the franchise star Wesley Snipes was in rare form. Not only does Oswalt confirm that Snipes pulled a Daniel Day-Lewis and was in character for the entire shoot -- "When I met him I was like, 'Hi!' And he was like, 'I’m Blade.' -- he also apparently tried to choke out director David Goyer, smoked a ton of weed and...well, just read on:
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