Stephen Dorff didn't hold back when he expressed his thoughts on the new wave of 'worthless garbage' superhero movies, including the upcoming Blade film from Marvel.
The actor, 49 — who starred as villain Deacon Frost in the original 1998 Blade with Wesley Snipes, 60 — questioned whether the new film, which will star Mahershala Ali, 48, in the title role, will be able to stand the test of time.
'God bless them, they're making a bunch of money, but their movies suck,' he said of Marvel films in a new interview with The Daily Beast, adding, 'nobody’s going to remember them.'
'How's that PG Blade movie going for you, that can't get a director? Because anybody who goes there is going to be laughed at by everyone, because we already did it and made it the best,' he stated.
Dorff appeared to be alluding to the fact that the vampire slayer superhero movie was put on hold last year after director Bassam Tariq exited the project.
'There's no Steve Norrington out there,' he added, paying homage to the original Blade director.
'Marvel is used to me trashing them anyway,' the Cold Creek Manor star added.
Stephen stressed that the adaption of the comic book wouldn’t be remembered, and he would only take part in it if they 'were more like when I started when we made Blade or the few that have been decent over the years, like when [Christopher] Nolan did The Dark Knight and reinvented Batman from Tim Burton.'
'All this other garbage is just embarrassing, you know what I mean?' he added, expressing that the future of cinema rests in talents like director Eddie Alcazar (who directed Divinity, which stars Dorff) and not in 'making "Black Adam" and worthless garbage over and over again.'
'Nobody’s remembering Black Adam at the end of the day. I didn’t even see that movie, it looked so bad,' he said of the 2022 superhero film starring Dwayne Johnson.
It's not the first time Dorff expressed his candid thoughts about a Marvel project. The actor made waves in 2021 after he said Black Widow looks 'like garbage' and that he was 'embarrassed' for its leading lady, Scarlett Johansson.
Marvel Studios 'temporarily shut down production-related activities in Atlanta' for the new Blade film last year, after Tariq exited the project two months before the intended production start date.
However, they have since replaced him with Yann Demange, who will direct from a new script by Michael Starrbury.
The studio reportedly hopes to restart production in early 2023, and has pushed the release date for September 6, 2024.
The studio first announced the project at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2019, where two-time Academy Award winner Mahershala made a surprise appearance, wearing a baseball cap featuring the Blade logo.
The role was first made famous by Wesley Snipes, 60, in an earlier trilogy. Blade, whose first appearance was in the 1973 comic book The Tomb of Dracula, is a half-human, half-vampire.
Snipes played the character in three films, starting with 1998's Blade and finishing with 2004's Blade Trinity.
Dorff's co-star Wesley had a more positive reaction after learning of the film's reboot in 2019.
'To all the DAYWALKERS losing their minds right now, chillaaxx. Although the news comes as a surprise, it’s ALL good. Such is the "business" of "entertainment!" Much peace to the MCU crew – always a fan,' he said in a statement to ComicBook.com.
'Honor and respect to the grandmaster Stan [Lee]. Congratulations and Salaam to Mahershala Ali, a beautiful and talented artist whose expressions I look forward to experiencing for many years to come. Inshallah, we will someday work together.'
'Most importantly to my loyal fans, the incredible outpouring of love is overwhelming. I am grateful for the never-ending support. So, ‘nah fret nah worry, it’s not de end of de story. Welcome to the Daywalker Klique.'
