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Nicolas Cage: “I don’t need to be in the MCU.” The actor answers questions about superhero movies

Nicolas Cage: "I don

Nicholas Cage received the Variety Legend & Groundbreaker Award at the Miami Film Festival. During the speech, he talked about the projects he was working on, and during the conversation with journalists, the topic turned to Marvel. The actor called Stan Lee his surreal father, said that there is a place for everyone in the modern film industry, and when asked if he wanted to be in the MCU, he firmly replied that he did not have to – he is Nice Cage after all!

Check out his statement below and let us know what role you’d like to see him play in a superhero movie.

Nicolas Cage on the MCU and superhero cinema

Nicolas Cage was asked what he thinks about modern superhero cinema.

I have to be nice about the Marvel movies because I named myself after a Stan Lee character named Luke Cage. What am I supposed to do, criticize them? Stan Lee he is my surreal father. He gave me a name. I understand where the frustration comes from. Seriously. But there’s room for everyone: I watch all kinds of art and independent films all the time, like Tár.

When asked if he would like to be in the MCU, he replied briefly:

I don’t need to be in the MCU. I’m Nic Cage.

Nicolas Cage on “emo Superman”

In the 1990s, Nicolas Cage was cast in Superman Lives. He was supposed to play the lead role, and he was directing the film Tim Burton. Ultimately, however, the project was not implemented. The actor isn’t sure why, but added that the studio lost a lot of money back then The Martians are attacking!also created by Tim Burton.

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Nicolas Cage loves Mars Attacks and the director. He also liked the character he and Tim Burton were building on Superman Lives.

It was more like the Superman of the eighties: with long black hair like a samurai. I thought it was really something else, like emo Superman, but we never got it.

Nicolas Cage – Best Films by an Actor (ranked 41st to 1st)

Below is a list of movies from worst to best from Rotten Tomatoes. Critics’ ratings were taken into account, from which the percentage of positive opinions issued to a given production is derived. In the case of the same results, the site is guided by the number of reviews.

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