WWE Superstar campaigns for role in Marvel's Blade

WWE Superstar Mustafa Ali is campaigning for a mystery role in Marvel's new Blade movie.

Marvel's Blade, which currently has no release date, will star Mahershala Ali in the title role, after he made his MCU debut in the Eternals post-credit scene.

On Twitter, Mustafa shared a tweet regarding a new Marvel casting call which read: "Blade is casting for a South Asian male, 20s-30s. The actor must be open to training although actors with fight experience are encouraged for the role! Character description: 'Though he's taken a vow of silence, his eyes tell us he has been through [is] strife.'"

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Mustafa responded: "Hello @MarvelStudios, I think you’re looking for me. #BLADE." Not long after Mustafa's tweet, the wrestler managed to get #AliForBlade trending as fans and fellow WWE Superstars including Seth Rollins and Big E showed their support.

Marvel announced Blade at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, along with Mahershala Ali's casting. Directing the film will be Bassam Tariq.

While filming is yet to begin on the project, Mahershala did recently give an update following his voice cameo in Eternals, telling Empire: "We're getting there, we're getting close."

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Meanwhile, back in August Mustafa explained to Digital Spy why it is important to him to make sure his heel character avoided any negative stereotypes that may have been seen in the past.

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"For me the biggest thing is, I don't want to be a heel, or be portrayed as a bad guy because of where I'm from, because of what my name is or because of my religion," Mustafa said.

"I think those are detrimental to society, because I grew up with that feeling, I grew up with the feeling that I had to hide who I was. I had to hide what my religion was because anytime I saw someone on TV that looked like me they were being portrayed in a very negative, stereotypical way.

"That had real implications on my life, it still does to this day. I feel like I'm always fighting that," he added. "So, with that being said, I do feel like doing a bad guy role or a heel role is perfectly fine, as long as I'm not reinforcing those negative stereotypes."

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