He seeks to bring about the Blood Tide, by summoning LaMagra, an anicent vampire god. As a villain, he can't really show too much weakness. Dorff's performance also keeps in line with the demystifying of vampires that Goyer tried to get across in the his script. There's nothing baroque about him. There's nothing elegant about him.
Vampirism is about hunger.
We made him overtly a racist in terms of vampires vs. humans. He really believes vampires are the master race and he really believes a final solution must be enacted upon the human race. Goyer says Dorff is a perfect foil to Snipes in the movie. He's so completely 180 degrees from Blade in the movie. Blade has this dignified presence, and he's always sitting up straight.