Wesley Snipes Breaks Multiple Guinness World Records With Blade’s Return In ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
deadline.comWesley Snipes is getting his flowers after his unexpected MCU appearance. Guinness World Records announced this week that the actor took two titles when he reprised his role as Blade in his recent Deadpool & Wolverine cameo after originating the live-action character in his first 1998 solo movie outing.
With his return coming nearly 26 years after first playing the half-vampire “daywalker” (aka Eric Brooks), Snipes beats out Deadpool & Wolverine co-star Hugh Jackman for Longest Career as a Live-Action Marvel Character.
After Jackman first played Wolverine (aka Logan) in 2000’s X-Men, he was expected to beat out Patrick Stewart‘s Professor Charles Xavier for the title with his latest performance.
With more than 19 years since his last appearance in Blade: Trinity (2004), Snipes also claims Longest Gap Between Character Appearances in Marvel Films.
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