Blade II (2002)
>Stephen Norrington declined to return to direct and was replaced by Guillermo Del Toro.
>Morbius would originally be the villain, but was changed into Jared Nomak as there were plans for Morbius to get his own movie.
>Early drafts featured Blade leading a group of vampire hunters that also included Hannibal King and Frank Drake.
>Tim Curry was approached to play vampire elder Eli Damaskinos before Thomas Kretschmann was cast.
>Asia Argento, Kristanna Loken, Elena Anaya, Rhona Mitra and Lauren German auditioned for vampire princess Nyssa Damaskinos before Leonor Varela was cast.
