In a 2004 interview with IGN, Ryan Reynolds theorized that the main reason Wesley Snipes’ behavior made his “Blade: Trinity” castmates so uncomfortable is that he went full method as the humorless vampire hunter lead. Said Reynolds, “I never met Wesley, I only met Blade, and he is a method actor.” While Snipes’ coldness may have made him intimidating, it didn’t deter Reynolds from trying to make him laugh. Pranking was a common practice on the set of the film, but Reynolds decided to solely rely on the most proven tool at his disposal: his tongue. “I don’t think leaving fake vomit in his trailer was something I was willing to risk my life doing just yet,” Reynolds quipped to The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Sometimes, when Reynolds was joking about Snipes’ surly demeanor, it would even make it into the film. “I do a dime store psychoanalysis of him where I say, ‘You ever thought about sitting down and talking with someone, getting in touch with your inner child, and also you might want to try blinking once in a while,'” Reynolds recalled to IGN. “He just looks at me like he’s gonna turn me into a** pulp.” Patton Oswalt told AV Club that Reynolds also had to do a lot of ad-libbing simply because Snipes was absent from the set so often. So in a way, Snipes helped Reynolds turn Hannibal King into an early Deadpool prototype.
