Great acting was everywhere in 2021. While we received the usual assortment of great performances in festival standouts and end-of-year awards contenders, we also found inspired performances in big-budget multiplex movies and no-budget horror.
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Nicolas Cage may play his most difficult role yet – himself.
Or at least a fictionalized version of himself according to the star.
“[‘Nic Cage’] is an invented version of Nic Cage,” said the actor on his role in the upcoming comedy-thriller “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent”. “The character is feeling unfulfilled and contending with the rejection that can happen so often in the small town that is Hollywood. It’s not me. I’m feeling pretty good about things.”
Cage spoke to Entertainment
Great acting was everywhere in 2021. While we received the usual assortment of great performances in festival standouts and end-of-year awards contenders, we also found inspired performances in big-budget multiplex movies and no-budget horror.
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent have just been released – take a look below.The new comedy thriller will see Cage play a loose version of himself, who he dubbed “Nick Cage” in conversation with Entertainment Weekly.“[‘Nick Cage’] is an invented version of Nic Cage,” he told the publication. “The character is feeling unfulfilled and contending with the rejection that can happen so often in the small town that is Hollywood.
Nicolas Cage may have found the role he was destined to play. In the first look images for his new movie “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” it looks as though he’s having a ball portraying “Nick Cage,” a fictionalized version of himself.
Ever since it was announced, we’ve been anxiously awaiting the new film, “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.” The premise, which feels like it could be the culmination of everything Nicolas Cage has been working towards in this later part of his career, is perfectly meta and strange and seems almost too good to be true. But not only is ‘Unbearable Weight’ actually happening, but we have our first look at the film.
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