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Is Mahershala Ali Feeling Any Pressure Playing Blade? · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Mahrchela Ali will be
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Speaker 1: playing the legendary vampire hunter Blade in upcoming Marvel projects,
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Speaker 1: taking on a role that not only comic book fans,
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Speaker 1: but movie fans have strong opinions about, since Wesley Snipe's
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Speaker 1: iconic performances in the original Blade trilogy left such a
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Speaker 1: strong impression, and Marsilla is approaching it like any other job,
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Speaker 1: and even though he understands it's not any of the job,
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Speaker 1: he tells Stephen Colbert, my excitement for any role is
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Speaker 1: pretty equal, to be honest, because I feel that responsibility
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Speaker 1: is always the same. But I've never walked into a
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Speaker 1: role where the anticipation of it was so great, where
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Speaker 1: people were already so familiar with the character, they have
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Speaker 1: real opinions and points of view, so it feels different.
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Speaker 1: There's clearly an added layer of pressure, which I will embrace.
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Speaker 1: You can watch Marchela next in Swan Song in theaters
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Speaker 1: December seventeen and streaming on Apple TV Plus. That's direct
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Speaker 1: from Hollywood.