Mahershala Ali Moves On From Long-Awaited ‘Blade’ Role

Movie fans were excited at the prospect of Mahershala Ali joining the sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe as the lethal daywalker, Blade. However, after delays and dealings shielded from the public eye, Mahershala Ali is moving on from the role and focusing on other endeavors. Mahershala Ali sat down with GQ for a conversation regarding his latest role in Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother from director and screenwriter Bassam Tariq, who coincidentally was contracted to direct the film in 2021 but stepped down after production delays.Both Ali and Tariq sat down with GQ to discuss Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother, but there is no secret that most wanted to know what Ali thought regarding his decision to relax his hopes of playing Blade.From GQ:We’ve mentioned Your Mother’s connection to Blade throughout our chat, and Marvel boss Kevin Feige recently made headlines by declaring that he feels like a “failure” for not getting your film off the ground. Mahershala, are we any closer to Blade finally becoming a reality? Ali: Not with me. The best way I can answer this question is, when I look at what is for me, is it was either this or that—and I’ll take this. No offense to them. I’...