You can hardly blame Wesley Snipes for keeping a low profile these days, given his recent run of troubles - most notably a federal indictment for tax fraud that has the actor facing up to 16 years in prison if convicted. If you don't follow the direct-to-DVD market closely, you may not even be aware that Mr. Snipes is still in show business. (The feds caught up to him while he was in Namibia filming Gallowwalker, a "zombie Western.")
But with his tax trial pending, Snipes has resurfaced, granting a fascinating, sometimes bizarre interview with Entertainment Weekly in hopes of clearing his name. By turns charming, paranoid and defiant, Snipes tries to make the case that he's being railroaded, explains his lawsuit against New Line over the third Blade movie, and sets the record straight on just why he was buying up all that land near a cult compound in Georgia.