Original Blade Crew Members Share Insights on the Iconic Cult Classic Opening Scene

As previously mentioned, Wesley Snipes made a surprising and highly praised return to his iconic role as Blade in the hit film Deadpool & Wolverine. Given Snipes’ popularity, it’s no surprise that fans are excited to see him back in action. There have even been rumors, sparked by his cameo, that he might return for a final solo film, though this has yet to be officially confirmed.

Blade has become a hot topic online, with fans eagerly discussing Snipes’ return to one of his most famous roles. In light of this buzz, we’ve delved into an earlier interview that suggests we might not have seen the full extent of this film.

In a detailed interview with Entertainment Weekly, producer Peter Frankfurt, writer David S. Goyer, Wesley Snipes, and other cast and crew members shared a wealth of intriguing behind-the-scenes insights about the original Blade film and its sequels.

As you might recall, the film’s opening scene—known as the “Blood Rave”—is one of the most iconic moments in the movie and a standout from the entire trilogy. In light of its significance, Entertainment Weekly spoke with the crew about the making of this memorable scene. Here’s what we discovered:

GREG eE (PRODUCTION DESIGNER): We searched for a location forever, and we ended up finding a run-down meatpacking factory — where they’d come in and slaughter these animals, literally. There was a lot of white tile and we sort of aged it a bit, gave it some cool lighting. Then we basically rigged the entire set like you would a modern-day sprinkler system.

LATHAN: When the blood comes down, woooh! I mean who would have thought of that?

THEO VAN DE SANDE (CINEMATOGRAPHER): That scene has become such a cult thing. We shot for three days, and it was pretty gross. We had these yellow, very cheap rain jackets — you shot two minutes of it and your sleeve came off. [Laughs]

SNIPES: The extras, they had to actually sit around in the blood stuff. Especially if you were one of those ones who rushed and raised your hand like, “I’ll be in the front! Take me!” [Laughs] It was a tough gig. They couldn’t change during lunch, they couldn’t wipe it off, for continuity. I applaud them, I applaud them. Thank y’all so much. I mean, we thanked them at the time but I’m doing it again.

Some of them are still traumatized from that experience. The very first take, they knew that something was going to spill on them, but they didn’t know it was gonna be like that. And some of the people freaked out! It wasn’t real blood, it wasn’t Carrie, right? But they freaked out and left, they quit. Like, “No more.”

VAN DE SANDE: Just before the film came out, one of the extras sued New Line because he got a skin disease, he said. Of course it’s not true because otherwise I would be dead by now. [Laughs]

FRANKFURT: There were a lot really fun cool extras around. And Traci Lords was there — she was an incredibly good sport and a lot of fun.

GOYER: I was there when we filmed and it was a mess. Horrible. The whole place was sticky, and the whole crew. And the place smelled! It was so hot. That corn syrup, it was really bad.

LOGUE: I argued to not be in the blood itself. I was just kind of off to the side. [Laughs]

Source: Entertainment Weekly

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