As ‘action hero’ Wesley Snipes court date grows closer, he is continuing to blame all his problems on the color of his skin. In a tyraid to media outlets he blamed racism on his tax problems and his Blade: Trinity flop.
Snipes is being charged with eight counts of tax fraud and is due to stand trial next month in Florida stemming from claimed tax refunds of almost $12 million in 1996 and 1997 and is also accused of failing to file tax returns from 1999 to 2004.
He tells Entertainment Weekly, “It was easy for people to jump on the ‘Wesley’s the bad guy’ bandwagon. That’s where I think the systematic racism comes in. We’re conditioned in this country to believe that if there’s a problem, the black man is the culprit.”
As for being in Namibia when federal prosecutors were looking for him, Snipes said, “They positioned it like, ‘He’s irresponsible, dangerous, guilty, this is why he’s in Africa’ . . . All these things, they play into our stereotypes . . . They think I’m an evil dude.”
Snipes even blames racism for the failure of his 2004 movie, “Blade: Trinity,” saying, “There are so few guys who do action and do it well. Even fewer who are African-American. Even fewer who have classical-theater training. So a cat like me coming in, I’m bringing all of that to an action movie. Since there are so few people that do this and have that pedigree, people disregard their contribution.”
I personally liked Blade 1 & 2, but as far as the Blade: Trinity failure goes, there can only be three reasons why it only grossed $53 million here in the states.
- Ryan Reynolds as a quirky vampire hunter…Duh
- Triple H as a goofy ass vampire…WTF?
- Jessica Biel + clothing = no $$$
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