Nicolas Cage

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'I Don't See What the Issue Is': Nicolas Cage Talks Marvel Movies (GQ Magazine)

GQ's April cover star doesn't agree with Marty and his Uncle Francesco's opinions on superhero movies.

What could be wrong with wholesome entertainment that is appealing to the parents and the children, and gives people something to look forward to? I don't agree with them on that perception or opinion.” I wanted to know his perspective on the Marvel phenomenon and brought up that many directors, such as Martin Scorsese and his uncle, Francis Ford Coppola, have criticized them. I'd love to work with Cumberbatch, but I don't think that's happening.” I don't think they're casting me,” Cage told me. He then returned to the comic book world as the title character in 2007’s Ghost Rider and 2011’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, right before the Marvel wave hit big.

Nicolas Cage Defends Marvel Against Coppola, Scorsese Criticisms ... (Variety)

At the crux of Scorsese and Coppola's criticism is that Marvel movies and comic book films have reshaped exhibition so that only one type of movie now gets ...

“I just, I don’t see what the issue is.” I’d love to work with Cumberbatch, but I don’t think that’s happening.” A Marvel picture is one prototype movie that is made over and over and over and over and over again to look different.” I don’t agree with them on that perception or opinion.” “I don’t understand the conflict. Coppola later clarified that he wasn’t talking about Marvel movies specifically, saying it’s “despicable” how the film industry now values commerce over art.

Inside Nicolas Cage's wild animal menagerie—including a two ... (New York Post)

Among the exotic animals owned by actor Nicolas Cage — star of the new movie "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" — are crows, cats, turtles, fish, ...

Cage was hosting a party in the Big Easy and brought out the snake, to the horror of his guests. But, as Center curator Rob Carmichael told Gazebo News, the giant lizard named Michael arrived no worse for wear: “He has a few dings and needs to be fattened up a bit. He added that one of the snakes pets — since donated to a zoo — routinely tried to hypnotize him before lunging. Back in the mid 1980s, while living in a Hollywood apartment, Cage had a pet octopus that he kept in an aquarium. But it was double trouble feeding the reptile so he donated it to the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. The eccentric actor is said to have burned through some $150 million — blown on eccentric splurges such as a 67-million-year-old dinosaur head, a couple of islands and the first “Superman” comic — but his exotic pets are a constant.

Nicolas Cage Says He Doesn't 'Understand the Conflict' Over ... (IndieWire)

Cage said he doesn't agree with his uncle Francis Ford Coppola's take on comic book tentpoles.

I don’t think they’re casting me,” Cage said. “Oh, I don’t think so. I think movies are in good shape, if you look at ‘Power of the Dog,’ or if you look at ‘Spencer,’ or any of Megan Ellison’s movies, I think that there’s still Paul Thomas Anderson.” “I think that the movies that I make, like ‘Pig’ or ‘Joe,’ are not in any kind of conflict with Marvel movies,” Cage said. I don’t agree with them on that perception or opinion.” “I don’t understand the conflict.

Nicolas Cage says he paid off debts by starring in straight-to-VOD ... (Fox Business)

Here are your FOX Business Flash top headlines for March 23. Nicolas Cage has zero regrets about becoming the face of straight-to-VOD action movies. It was 2014 ...

It has to be said this way.’ They’d put a camera on you and photograph you, and order you: ‘Now say the roller skate training wheels line.’ I’d say, ‘I’ll do that but I’d also like to try it this way.’ In independent movies, you have more freedom to experiment and be fluid. And ‘Drive Angry,’ that just came and went." "… As for me, I don’t know if I’d want to go back. "It was just all happening at once." That I was just doing it and not caring. I was caring."

Nicolas Cage Paid Off Debts Doing Direct-to-Video Roles 'Back to ... (PEOPLE.com)

Nicolas Cage recalls taking on several VOD movie roles back to back to help pay off his financial debts.

I want to be performing." But one thing I wasn't going to do was file for bankruptcy." I want to be on set. I was caring." "When I was doing four movies a year, back to back to back, I still had to find something in them to be able to give it my all. That I was just doing it and not caring.