Keep in mind when Nicolas Cage was one of the vital attention-grabbing actors working in Hollywood, earlier than he started churning out that slew of Nationwide Treasures, Ghost Riders and different forgettable paycheck films? The excellent news is, he may lastly have discovered a movie bizarre sufficient to propel him again to the heights of his former glory.
In response to The Hollywood Reporter, Cage is at the moment in talks to play himself, reverse himself, in a meta new film which performs to all of his strengths. The Insufferable Weight of Huge Expertise, written by Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten, contains a fictionalized model of Cage who’s down on his luck and determined to revive his profession by nabbing a job in Quentin Tarantino’s new film.
The film, which is advised from Cage’s perspective, additionally contains an imaginary doppelganger primarily based on Cage’s display screen persona from the ’90s, who interacts with the protagonist at a number of factors within the narrative. And that is earlier than we even get into the storyline the place a strapped-for-cash Cage makes a private look at a birthday celebration for any individual who claims to be a superfan of his work… and in addition occurs to be a Mexican crime lord who has kidnapped the daughter of a outstanding politician. Additionally woven into the movie is a plot the place Cage makes an attempt to restore his relationship along with his personal estranged daughter.
“In response to sources, the script was proven to Cage accompanied with a letter that Gormican wrote, pleading his case and saying how the piece was a love letter to the actor, not one thing that made enjoyable of him,” writes Borys Equipment at THR. “Cage was satisfied and have become hooked up solely in current weeks.”
Cage’s profession renaissance (Nicolaissance? Cagenaissance?) started with 2018’s Mandy, a colourful, ultraviolent thriller which borrowed and paid homage to components from ’70s cinema. A movie which throws Cage right into a self-referential kaleidoscope may very well be the right subsequent step.
