Patton Oswalt talks about working on Blade: Trinity

[blackphoenix]

**avoiding the racism discussion and staying on topic**

Blade I was the best film in the series; the rest were a total waste of time. Oh, and Patton Oswald is a douche. He really irritates the hell out of me for some reason--hated him in Caprica.

Hey! You're discriminating against the people who DON'T use the internet for porn!

Wait...there are people who don't search out porn online?!? That's almost as rare as honesty in politics.

[The Dog]

**avoiding the racism discussion and staying on topic**

Blade I was the best film in the series; the rest were a total waste of time. Oh, and Patton Oswald is a douche. He really irritates the hell out of me for some reason--hated him in Caprica.

I don't mind him, and actually find him pretty funny-- As long as he's not talking about politics or religion. Because when he talks about either, he comes across as one of those douchebags who doesn't have their beliefs because of a lot of thought and soul-searching, but because he thinks it makes him look 'smart', and everyone who doesn't believe the same is an idiot.

Wait...there are people who don't search out porn online?!? That's almost as rare as honesty in politics.

Don't be ridiculous, there are a LOT more people who don't search for porn online than there is honesty in politics.

[JCAll]

Wait...there are people who don't search out porn online?!? That's almost as rare as honesty in politics.

You search for it? It always just sort of comes to me on it's own.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Basically ....if you read Oswald's entire deal , its like Snipes lost his mind , locked himself away from the entire cast & crew and never spoke to anyone.

[Simbob4000]

Basically ....if you read Oswald's entire deal , its like Snipes lost his mind , locked himself away from the entire cast & crew and never spoke to anyone.

Yeah, he said:

AVC: If you were trying to be in character all the time as a vampire killer, being high all the time might not help.

PO: A lot of the lines that Ryan Reynolds has were just a result of Wesley not being there. We would all just think of things for him to say and then cut to Wesley’s face not doing anything because that’s all we could get from him. It was kind of funny. We were like, “What are the worst jokes and puns that we can say to this guy?” And then it would just be his face going, “Mmm.” “Smiles are contagious.” It’s so, so dumb. [Laughs.] That was an example of a very troubled shoot that we made fun. You have to find a way to make it fun.

I almost put the whole Blade bit from the A.V. Club interview so no one would come in and say something like: Snipes was forced out for a white guy.

[kalorama]

I almost put the whole Blade bit from the A.V. Club interview so no one would come in and say something like: Snipes was forced out for a white guy.

Except nothing in the interview actually disputes that assertion.

[Simbob4000]

Except nothing in the interview actually disputes that assertion.

It says a lot of Ryan Reynolds' lines came from Snipes not coming to set. It sounds like Reynolds part got bigger because Snipes wouldn't come out of his trailer, and they just stopped dealing with him.

[Omega Alpha]

Except nothing in the interview actually disputes that assertion.

Uh, how about the fact he flat out says: "A lot of the lines that Ryan Reynolds has were just a result of Wesley not being there"

Yes, but he's talking bad stuff about a black guy, that clearly must be because he's a racist liar.

[Surtur]

Heck I'd forgotten Patton was even in the Blade movie, but it's easy to forget that movie. Wesley Snipes sounds like a douchebag, you'd think someone who smokes weed all day would be more mellow. I'd of burst out laughing right in his face if I was there when the whole garbage t-shirt thing happened.

[Phil Clark]

Except nothing in the interview actually disputes that assertion.

I disagree. If anything the interview says pretty categorically that the white guy (Reynolds) had to have his role increased due to the fact that Snipes refused to come out of his trailer except for closeups and that even then he really wasn't playing well with others.

If I had been Goyer, and Snipes had choked me, I would have had him escorted from the set, then told the studio that we needed to recast the role and reshoot some stuff, and proceeded to film what I could until the next Blade was cast.

Actors should not be treated any differently than any other employee. If they assualt their boss or co-worker (depending on how you view the director) they should be terminated. Period. End of story.

[Vibranium]

I disagree. If anything the interview says pretty categorically that the white guy (Reynolds) had to have his role increased due to the fact that Snipes refused to come out of his trailer except for closeups and that even then he really wasn't playing well with others.

If I had been Goyer, and Snipes had choked me, I would have had him escorted from the set, then told the studio that we needed to recast the role and reshoot some stuff, and proceeded to film what I could until the next Blade was cast.

Actors should not be treated any differently than any other employee. If they assualt their boss or co-worker (depending on how you view the director) they should be terminated. Period. End of story.

that is not how it works....you don't tell the studio, they tell you

and they usually say get it done or we will get someone who will

[kalorama]

I disagree. If anything the interview says pretty categorically that the white guy (Reynolds) had to have his role increased due to the fact that Snipes refused to come out of his trailer except for closeups and that even then he really wasn't playing well with others.

None of which actually disputes the original root assertion about the source of the trouble between Snipes and Goyer.

The story that's been out there since before the movie was even released was that the conflict between Goyer and Snipes was rooted in the fact that Snipes disliked the script and that Goyer brought in Reynolds and Biel (two young white actors) to play central roles in what Snipes considered "his" film and that he was pissed off that his character was marginalized in his own movie. That was reportedly the source of the power struggle between Snipes and Goyer and what Snipes used as his excuse to act out. Snipes issues with the script and the casting were the impetus for his attitude (justified or not). Everything that happened after filming started was fallout from that (including Reynolds possibly getting more lines when Snipes stopped showing up to the set). Now, I have no idea how much, if any, of the backstory is true (and don't much care, really), but there's nothing in that interview with Oswald that directly disputes it.

[Surtur]

If I had been Goyer, and Snipes had choked me, I would have had him escorted from the set, then told the studio that we needed to recast the role and reshoot some stuff, and proceeded to film what I could until the next Blade was cast.

Hell I would of tried to sue him or something like that. He needs to be taken down a peg or two..and suing him especially might do that since IIRC he had problems at one time with the IRS or something.

[kalorama]

He needs to be taken down a peg or two..and suing him especially might do that since IIRC he had problems at one time with the IRS or something.

I think the IRS already took care of the whole "knocking him down" thing pretty handily by sending him to prison.

[Surtur]

I think the IRS already took care of the whole "knocking him down" thing pretty handily by sending him to prison.

Oh he actually served time? Interesting, I remember hearing about him fleeing to Africa. How much time did he serve?