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Nicolas Cage says lost Superman movie is 'more powerful' than the actual films
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Robdraggoo
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Sorta off topic, but whwn did things go wrong for nic cage? He was awesome in the 90s, had big box office sucess with the treasure movies in rhe 2000 then endless garbage. Whst happened?
Teren_Kanan
Member
Isn't this the film where they didn't want Super man to Fly?
Taxes and other debt. He spent a ridiculous amount of money on pretty ridiculous things. I think he also lost a lot to the Bernie Madoff scheme but that might just be an Internet rumor.
So, work work work, who cares if it's good. I'll give him this though: even in the dumbest roles he signs on for, he still gives it a 100%. Even when you can tell the part isn't really for him, the script and the director suck, it was low budget, etc, he still goes whole hog.
The producer who was in charge of the property at the time didn't want that, but there's no doubt he'd have flown in this film. The one Kevin Smith wrote, however, I think he conceded despite voicing his reservations.
CrocMother
Banned
wrong thread
Razgriz-Specter
Member
As far as movies go, once he started having money issues he would take literally any job which got worse and worse.
Apparently he was in 5 movies in 2016 and 6 in 2017 for example.
The Wicker Man was the start of the major decline.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Yup
youbastards
Member
Nic Cage looks like a wax figure of Nic Cage. Must be the lifeless expression
PowderedToast
Junior Member
he is honestly hilarious in this interview
he's clearly a narcissistic arsehole but I can't help but love him
he's clearly a narcissistic arsehole but I can't help but love him
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
Poor guy is a life-long comic-book fan and all he got was two garbage Ghost Rider films. Maybe one day he'll finally get his due by playing a coked-up Kite Man in Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Gotham City.
Extra Sauce
Member
You know, if given the opportunity I might blind trade every Superman movie in existence for a 90s Tim Burton/Nic Cage version.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Nah, it was definitely weird to me back then.
"You wanna get nuts?"
"Don't mind if I doooo!"
Beer Monkey
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CTRL-F "spider"
The Jazz Cabbage Master
Member
honestly looks great to me. I wonder what could have been...
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
On my planet, it means S
teal the Declaration of Independence
As has been posted already, he does lots of stuff just for money.
That being said, and I'm paraphrasing, but he's been asked in the past and said something along the lines of "I'll read scripts that are sent and as long as it sounds like it'll be fun to film, I'm in".
He's just enjoying himself and seems to genuinely love acting...which comes across in the effort he puts in to shitty movies. You can never knock his commitment to a role.
Also, he's done some genuinely awesome stuff. Like the Bad Lieutenant movie in 2009.
He has money problems as well which is probably the bigger reason he acts in anything that he comes across.
edit: already covered.
DOBERMAN INC
Member
I mean he's right, that bit when he could have done the thing and then that stuff would have happened was probably the greatest event that might have been recorded ever.
Come on though, it would be 'so bad it's good territory' surely, I mean who wouldn't want to see this?
Oh i agree it would have been beautiful diasaster.