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- LL Cool J was originally considered for the part of Blade.
- Donal Logue reinjured his jaw in the scene where he is struggling with
N'Bushe Wright in the hospital. He had originally broken his jaw in a
motorcycle accident years before.
- A great many handheld shots were accomplished with a special
anamorphic-lens camera that also had single-unit sound - the only one of
its kind in the world.
- In the scene where Blade is chased to the subway, and the subway train
is passing by, all the passengers are cardboard cutouts with the special
FX man among them.
- Blade's silently-mouthed "What... the... fuck?" is a direct reference
to the "A Fistful of Yen" segment from The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977).
- In the last fight scene in the temple, Deacon says "My turn" - this is
a reference to The Lost Boys (1987).
- Udo Kier played Count Dracula in Blood for Dracula (1974).
- The true name of the Blade character is Eric Brooks. (Another
character calls Blade "Eric," and Blade's mother's driver's license says
"Brooks.")
- The vampires at Frost's party are watching Mortal Kombat (1995).
- The Vampire Bible is referred to as "The Book of Erebus". Erebus is a
god of darkness according to Greek mythology.
- "La Magra" is Spanish and Italian for "the thin one".
- Blade's car is a 1968 Dodge Charger with various modifications.
- The first cut of the film had a disastrous test screening with
audiences, and heavy edits and re-shoots were implemented which delayed
the release date more than half a year. The most significant change was
the addition of the final sword fight between Blade and Deacon Frost,
which did not exist in the original version of the movie.
- In the ending as it was originally planned, Frost turned into La Magra
and became a large swirling mass of blood instead of keeping his form.
This was scrapped because they couldn't get the special effects to look
right. It can be seen as a special feature on the DVD.
- Body count: 88
- 'Stan Lee' originally had a cameo that was ultimately cut from the
film. He played one of the cops that come in to the blood club during the
aftermath and discover Quinn's body on fire.
- When the film was first being developed, David Fincher was supposed to
direct. He later dropped out to pursue other projects.
- In the alternate ending on the DVD, the blue figure in the black coat
on the roof is director Stephen Norrington as an unnamed vampire.
- When David S. Goyer first pitched the idea of doing a Blade movie, the
executives of New Line felt there were only three actors who could
possible do the role: Wesley Snipes, Denzel Washington and Laurence
Fishburne, but in Goyer's mind, Snipes was always the perfect choice for
the character of Blade.
- Director Cameo: [Stephen Norrington] During the chase
with officer Krieger, the vampire on the side of the road biting the
girl's neck.
- The scene where Karen and Deacon are talking about the cure for
vampirism initially ran a bit longer and answered the question of how the
vampires would feed if everybody was turned into a vampire. They would
keep some humans alive in giant blood bags to harvest them. The bags can
still be seen in a doorway during the scene, and later played an integral
part of the plot in Blade: Trinity (2004)
- Wesley Snipes became attached to the project because he was in
discussions with Marvel Comics to be Black Panther, a project that is
still pending as of 2005.
- Marvel's logo was not shown at the beginning of the movie because of
its R-rating. The series became so popular that the logo is included in
both sequels.
- 'Kris Kristofferson' 's character, Whistler, was created for the
Blade's cameo on the Spider Man cartoon show. He was liked so much by
Marvel CEOs that he was adopted into the Marvel universe.
- Comic Book Artists Mike Mignola and Tim Bradstreet worked as
conceptual artists.
- When Blade returns to his headquarters early in the movie, Scud
remarks, "The Dark Knight Returns!" This is a reference to another comic
book character that hunts by night, Batman, who was the subject of a
classic comic book miniseries.
- Scud's name is a reference to yet another comic book, "Scud: The
Disposable Assassin."
- The early scene in which Scud is watching "The Powerpuff Girls" (1998)
was originally written with him watching an episode of _"Mahha GoGoGo"
(1967)_ ("Speed Racer"). However, the owners of the domestic rights
wouldn't allow it.
- In the scene where Blade and the bloodpack are walking towards the
house of pain, you see briefly through Whistler's thermal-scope that Blade
is hot blooded unlike the other vampires.
- The corporate artwork in the Caliban building, which is knocked over
in the climactic fight scene, represents a DNA double helix.
- The lobby of the Caliban building is said to be inspired by the lobby
of the offices of Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, which were
designed by renowed architect IM Pei.
- Scud wears a T-shirt featuring the logo of the Bureau of Paranormal
Research and Defense, a reference to Mike Mignola's "Hellboy" comic, the
film adaptation of which del Toro directs and Ron Perlman stars.
- Donnie Yen, a martial arts star who plays a member of the Bloodpack
(Snowman,) was also the film's fight choreographer.
- The name Caliban is a reference to the monster in Shakespeare's "The
Tempest."
- The New Line Platinum Series DVD contains several deleted scenes,
including: An extended opening scene establishing Prague A flashback
sequence showing Blade's first encounter with Whistler, part of which can
be seen in the film's title credits. An extended version of the ninja
fight in the warehouse, with Blade using some fencing tactics to keep Asad
at bay. A scene of Whistler shying away from the growing daylight outside.
An alternate take of Blade's first meeting with Damaskinos, with
Damaskinos wearing, according to 'Guillermo Del Toro' , a "Michael Bolton
wig". A scene in which Damaskinos explains the effects vampirism has had
on him. A much longer version of the House of Pain sequence, including a
scene with Nyssa finding a room upstairs with a man unpacking human
entrails from a box, a scene that was meant for Michael Jackson. A line by
Whistler about "the power of the pussy" A Bloodpack "meeting" of sorts,
with Chupa attempting to urge the others to kill Blade and go after the
Reapers on their own. A scene in a bathroom after the House of Pain
sequence of Lighthammer discovering how far his infection with the Reaper
strain has gone. An extended scene of Damaskinos' dinner and blood bath,
in which he tells of the fate of his human heart. An extended scene of the
lawyer's torture of Blade A "dirty" version of the final scene, in which
semen is streaked on the windows that was digitally removed in the final
cut of the film because test audiences complained.
- The name "Chupa" comes from the Spanish word chupar, which means "to
suck."
- In the scene before while entering the vampire club with the Bloodpack,
a large neo sign can be seen on top of a building that says in large red
letters "Radoo". In the history of Vlad the Impailer (who the legend of
Dracula is largely based) history talks of his brother Radu. This name is
also often associated with vampire movies as it is deeply ingrained in the
Dracula story.
- Sanaa Lathan who played Blade's mother in the original Blade (1998),
reprises her role in an uncredited cameo during the opening film credits.
- Reinhardt's sunglasses are never taken off throughout the course of
the film.
- Over 30 members of the cast and crew were temporarily blinded by the
misuse of UV lights in the vampire autopsy scene.
- The character on Snowman's armor is the Japanese kanji 'yuki' which
means 'snow'.
- Blade's sunglasses are the Oakley Four model.
- Stephen Norrington turned down the chance to direct as he wanted to
move onto other things.
- David S. Goyer's original idea was to use Morbius as a primary
villain, but Marvel decided they wanted to retain the rights to make an
entirely separate franchise out of Morbius - i.e. a Morbius film, so the
story was changed slightly and Jared Nomak was created to be used as the
primary villain instead.
- The only movie in the Blade trilogy that used its original written
ending. The other two movies, that came before and after Blade 2, went
through reshoots to improve and/or replace their respective original
climaxes.
- The phrase "a man without fear" is used in this film. This is another
comic book reference, this one a reference to Daredevil, which is to
become a Ben Affleck film.
- 'Wesley Snipe' 's quoting of Sun Tzu - "Keep you friends close, your
enemies closer," follows references to the works of Sun Tzu in many other
Snipes movies including Passenger 57 (1992), Rising Sun (1993) and The Art
of War (2000/I).
- Pop Icon Michael Jackson was originally going to have a cameo in the
"House of Pain" sequence as a "Vampire Pimp" that Nyssa encounters as she
searches the upstairs hall. Jackson had to drop out due to scheduling
conflicts and the part was played by a Czech actor. The sequence was
ultimately cut out entirely for pacing reasons.
- Much of Karel Roden's dialogue is dubbed by an uncredited English
actor since audiences found his Czech accent too thick.
- Snowman has a Chinese character ("xue") on his armor. It means "snow"
in Chinese.
- To get the movie with an R-Rating, green blood was used for the
reapers.
- During the Fight With Nomac in the church part of the House of Pain
the stain glass wind is a replica of Dr. Strange's (another Marvel
character who battles the occult) Medallion the Magical Eye of Amagotto
- Blade II (2002) director Guillermo del Toro passed on the film when
Hellboy (2004), his dream project, was greenlighted.
- An early idea by David S. Goyer for the film was to be set many years
after the events of the last film, where vampires finally had achieved
world domination and enslaved all humans, with Blade being the last hope
for humanity. Blade's slower aging could be explained by his vampire
blood. The storyline was deemed too dark and was later dropped.
- This marks David S. Goyer's directorial debut for a major motion
picture.
- German director Oliver Hirschbiegel was once under consideration for
the job of directing Blade: Trinity (2004), but could not direct the
vampire-hunting sequel due to a conflict with another film. He directed
Untergang, Der (2004) (aka The Downfall - Hitler and the End of the Third
Reich) for Constantin Films instead.
- Ryan Reynolds gained 25 pounds of muscle for his role as Hannibal
King.
- 'Paul Michael Levesque' (aka professional wrestler Triple H) impressed
the producers with his work rate and camera presence. New Line insisted
that extra lines were written to the script to make his role bigger.
- Jessica Biel inadvertently destroyed a camera when she shot it with a
bow and arrow during a scene (she was directed to "aim for the camera").
Director David S. Goyer intends to include it on the DVD release.
- The vampire dogs' mouthparts are the same as the Reapers' from Blade
II (2002).
- When Hannibal King is telling Blade about the return of Dracula, he
shows Blade a copy of Tomb of Dracula #55. Marvel's "Tomb of Dracula"
comic (#10 to be precise) was the title in which Blade made his first
appearance in the early-1970s.
- Hannibal King's line to Blade, "You might wanna try blinking", was
improvised.
- The film crew was forced to be selective in their shots for various
green-screen segments because neighboring stages were being used for the
filming of I, Robot (2004) and The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) and those
sets would sometimes appear within the frames (and edited out later).
- After the car crash that ends the opening chase scene, one of the
benches at the bus stop in the background displays a poster with the word
"esperanto" on it. This is the language being spoken in the subtitled film
that King is watching later on in the movie while recovering from his
wound (Incubus (1965)).
- One of the television commercials for the film was recalled after one
day of airing because it accidentally credited Jessica Biel as Jessica
Alba.
- Colin Farrell was offered the role of Hannibal King, but turned it
down.
- The Whistler character ('Kris Kristofferson' ) and the newspaper
vendor are speaking in Esperanto, with English subtitles provided. The
scene on and in the police headquarters is in both English and Esperanto.
The movie watched by Hannibal King when he is recovering from his wounds
on the boat is also in Esperanto. The Esperanto League for North America
was contacted and asked to provide the necessary translations for the
movie.
- An early idea of David S. Goyer was to include not only Hannibal King,
but a female character called Rachel Van Helsing from the Tomb of Dracula
comics, but then he heard about the movie Van Helsing (2004) and decided
against it. He ended up creating the character of Abigail Whistler,
Whistler's daughter, in her place.
- The PDA used at the beginning of the movie is a PalmOne Tungsten T3.
- The girl in the vampire gift shop is wearing a Motorhead tank top.
Motorhead is the band who recorded Triple H's theme music for the WWE, and
Triple H appears in this film as Jarko Grimwood.
- Having just been saved by the Nightstalkers, Blade ridicules his
rescuers as "rookies" and asks them if they think of the vampire hunt as a
"sitcom". At that moment, the camera cuts to Patton Oswalt who had been a
cast member of the sitcom, "The King of Queens" (1998) for several years.
In addition, Ryan Reynolds was one of the stars of "Two Guys, a Girl, and
a Pizza Place" and Jessica Biel one of the daughters in "7th Heaven"
(1996).
- The vampire "final Solution" in this film originally came from an idea
in the first blade film. In a deleted scene Deacon Frost shows Karen
Jensen a prototype of harvesting human bodies. This can be found on the
blade 1 DVD.
- The one-eyed news vendor that whistler was talking to is the director
of photography.
- Based on Marvel Comics characters.
- A deleted ending had the group hunting a werewolf/vampire hybrid in a
casino, possibly a look into the direction a 4th movie may take.
- EASTER EGG: On the special features, disk click up and when the
vampire hieroglyphics is highlighted then Click it to access a hidden
movie
- The name of the talk-show host Bentley Tittle is a reference to horror
writer Bentley Little.
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