Nicolas Cage Recalls The Time He Got Shaded By ‘Batman’ Star Adam West

Carson Burton The VFX team on “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” is no stranger to the intensive process of de-aging a known figure such as Nicolas Cage. For the film, the team was tasked to make Cage, who is 58 years old, appear about 20-25 years younger for the character of Nicky Cage. Nicky, Cage’s imagined younger self in the film, aims to keep the character of Nick Cage (with a K) on the road of being an uber-popular celebrity.

The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent have revealed that Daniel Day-Lewis was once in line to play Nicolas Cage in the new film.The movie sees Cage play a fictionalised version of himself alongside the likes of Pedro Pascal and Tiffany Haddish, who portray different characters to their actual selves.Writers Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten have opened up about early struggles getting the film made, with Cage initially hesitant to take on the role of playing himself.“We were told that Nick has done these projects before and he’s not wild about Nick as Nick,” Etten recalled to The Hollywood Reporter. “And we weren’t two guys who had a huge body of work that you could point to and be like, ‘No, trust us.’“We knew that we needed to have a real offer to go along with the script.

Nicolas Cage almost didn’t play Nicolas Cage in his new movie, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticIn “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” Nicolas Cage tackles one of his most out-there roles yet: a capital-A Actor named Nicolas Cage, who’s adored by fans all over the world for the intensity and eccentricity he brings to his work. Here’s a man who once pulled two of his teeth for a part (“Birdy”), but had the good sense to stop short of actually chopping off his hand to play Cher’s hot-blooded brother-in-law in “Moonstruck.” This was before he had all his teeth redone, replacing the devilishly crooked smile that was his signature for the gleaming white grin and flaming wig of “Ghost Rider.”Somewhere in the metaverse, a parallel reality exists where Cage’s big comic-book movie would have been the lead role in Tim Burton’s “Superman Lives.” That’s a disaster averted, according to screenwriter Kevin Smith.

enthusiastically agree with this assessment. The riotous comedy is something of a “Cage Your Enthusiasm.” Like Larry David on the long-running HBO series, Cage plays a fictionalized version of himself who can’t do anything right. Nic’s career has plateaued, he’s hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and his marriage has crumbled — he lives away from his wife (Sharon Horgan) and daughter (Lily Mo Sheen) in the Sunset Towers Hotel and downs whiskey like water. So when his agent (Neil Patrick Harris) gets a $1 million offer for Cage to fly to Mallorca and spend a weekend with a wealthy fan, Javier (Pedro Pascal), the actor has no choice but to hop on a plane to Spain.Soon after arriving, however, he learns that two FBI agents (Tiffany Haddish and Ike Barinholtz) are on the hunt for his Spanish host because they believe he’s kidnapped the daughter of a political candidate.Says Haddish to Cage: “I loved you in ‘Croods 2’!” There are so many delicious cracks at his erratic résumé: “Gone in 60 Seconds,” “Face/Off,” “The Rock,” “National Treasure,” they’re all in here. Pascal — whose sensitive, goofy performance is a surprise — gives an emotional speech about how he and his father were brought together by “Guarding Tess.” Hilarious.

Nicolas Cage is back on the late night circuit for the first time in well over a decade, and he’s already leaving our mouths agape!

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Director Tom Gormican and co-writer Kevin Etten found themselves suddenly out of work when their sitcom “Ghosted” ended up on Fox’s cancellation chopping block. Determined to work together again, the pair began brainstorming ideas for what they could possibly do next.

Pedro Pascal isn’t hiding his love for Massive Talent co-star Nicolas Cage.

Nicolas Cage stepped out with his family and co-stars for the latest screening of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.

Nicolas Cage is ready to hear the sounds of little footsteps pitter pattering around his home once more. ET's Will Marfuggi spoke to Cage — who is expecting a child with his wife, Riko Shibata — at the Los Angeles premiere of his new film, , on Monday night, where Cage shared what he's most looking forward to about becoming a dad once again.«I miss it all. I miss watching a child discover things for the first time,» Cage, who is already a dad to Weston, 31 and Kal-El, 16, gushed.

In an alternate universe, Nicolas Cage is Superman.

Nicolas Cage has expressed interest in starring in a musical following his new film The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent.The actor plays a fictionalised version of himself who is “creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin” in the action comedy, opposite Pedro Pascal and Tiffany Haddish.Speaking to Rolling Stone, Cage said he’s hoping to have more comedic roles in the future – mentioning that he’s particularly “curious” about musicals.“One of the stars that I really admire from the Golden Age [of Hollywood] is Tony Curtis,” Cage said. “I liked that he could do something like The Boston Strangler, but he could also do Some Like It Hot or Sweet Smell Of Success. He was this gifted talent that could do comedy and drama.“Right now, I’m excited that the comedy is back on the menu.

Once upon a time rather famously, Nicolas Cage was going to play Superman in “Superman Lives,” a new incarnation from Tim Burton in the 1990s that would have pitted the Man of Steel against the alien villain Brainiac. Burton had previously directed “Batman” and “Batman Returns,” essentially reviving the superhero genre for a modern audience, but as Cage tells Rolling Stone Magazine in a recent interview discussing his latest films, “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” the studio seemed to have soured on the director and the project eventually dissolved.

Jordan Moreau Nicolas Cage has transcended pop culture. The legendary actor has won an Oscar, starred in both blockbusters and indie titles, inspired internet memes and stolen the Declaration of Independence.

Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage (“Leaving Las Vegas“) is having an overdue career resurgence thanks to recent films such as the psychedelic revenge picture “Mandy” and the performance-focused “Pig.” The actor has previously revealed that he’s out of debt and ready to make a big Hollywood return. Cage’s hopes for the future were on full display during a recent Reddit AMA as the actor, who doesn’t have an online presence or social media accounts, answered various fan questions.