The Dark Knight Rises Nicolas Cage ‘Would Love To Play A Supervillain’ In ‘Batman 3’

[Dark Knight]

Cage jumped the shark about 8 years ago!

Thanks but no thanks Nic!

 

[Deaths Head II]

Double.

 

[Deaths Head II]

Please god, no Nick Cage. He has done good work, but he has done some of the most awful work I have ever scene. Some actors can be good despite being in a crappy film, but Nick Cage just decides to go all out and make it completely horrible. I don't think him caring about a role would make a difference, because I really thought he was atrocious in Ghost Rider despite the fact he's a comic fan.

You're only as good as your last film, as Cage has been terrible for a while now. I don't want to imagine what stupid new hair style he would wear for this movie.

 

[GhostPoet]

call me crazy...but I think he'd make a good Deadshot

 

[namtaB]

You're only as good as your last film, as Cage has been terrible for a while now. I don't want to imagine what stupid new hair style he would wear for this movie.

Blaspheme. Bale, early in his career was in the critically acclaimed Empire of the Sun. But he's had quite a number of duds since then. Shaft, Reign of Fire, Captain Corelli's Mandolin.

Chris Nolan was interested in Bale for Batman before he was filming Machinist. So if Nolan had taken your advice, he should not have cast Bale b/c Reign of Fire was his last film prior to being pursued for Batman and it was a crap film.

The bottom line is that even a great actor can give crappy performances. Brando was horrendous in The Score and it was the last starring role he did. In fact many of Brandos performances from the 90s were bad. How can Brando be only as good as his last films when he's given stellar performances in Streetcar, Godfather, Apocalypse Now, etc. etc. etc.?

Nick Cage won the Oscar for Best Actor. There's no doubt he can give a great performance when its married to a good script and proper direction. I doubt he'll be cast, but dollars to donuts if he was many of you guys would be on his nuts.

 

[MessyPandas]

Nicolas Cage isn't a bad actor, hes just playing the game. He knows he can coast buy on easy cheques for sure-fire forgettable hits. He hasn't been serious about his craft since adaptation.

 

[RockyBatboa]

Shave his head and make him Calendar Man. Have him in only a cameo like Scarecrow in Dark Knight. There, done.

That's actually a good idea.

The nervous idiosynchracies Cage is adept at would complement that character well, i think.


And Cage is not as bad an actor as people here are saying. I wouldnt mind him at all playing a villian.

 

[RockyBatboa]

Nicolas Cage isn't a bad actor, hes just playing the game. He knows he can coast buy on easy cheques for sure-fire forgettable hits. He hasn't been serious about his craft since adaptation.

Ahhh, 'adaptation'..

Those were the Cage salad days!

 

[ChinoXL]

He used to be good not sure what happened perhaps if he looks into his inner hair he'll find his way back to that Cage everyone likes

 

[Sentinel X]

Okay.....Doesnt practically every actor want to be in Christopher Nolan's Batman 3 after the financial success and critical acclaim of The Dark Knight?

I don't mean EVERY actor per say but Im sure theres a bunch that want to....Nick Cage does....whooop dee do I guess?

 

[El Payaso]

call me crazy...but I think he'd make a good Deadshot

Crazy.

 

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A girl I know choked after seeing that picture

 

[Boom]

I hate Nicolas Cage.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Why?

 

[Matt.S99]

Nic Cage's acting is.....weird. it isnt bad, but it isnt good either. Its just weird.

 

[mjbull23]

He was good in Leaving Vegas... but other than that. Let's see. Snake Eyes. nah. Face Off. nah. Ghost Rider. NO. National Treasure. nah. ...I cant think of anything in recent years where he's turned in a really strong performance.

I liked him in Valley Girl and Raising Arizona. Those were eons ago. He was pretty good in Honeymoon in Vegas.

Eh. Not a big fan. There are much better choices.

 

[CaptainClown]

I liked him in The Rock.....Raising Arizona and Leaving Vegas. Aside from that he really hasn't stuck out for me and has the stench of Next and Ghost Rider on him. I just don't think he has the proper look for the series imo.

 

[Deaths Head II]

Blaspheme. Bale, early in his career was in the critically acclaimed Empire of the Sun. But he's had quite a number of duds since then. Shaft, Reign of Fire, Captain Corelli's Mandolin.

Chris Nolan was interested in Bale for Batman before he was filming Machinist. So if Nolan had taken your advice, he should not have cast Bale b/c Reign of Fire was his last film prior to being pursued for Batman and it was a crap film.

The bottom line is that even a great actor can give crappy performances. Brando was horrendous in The Score and it was the last starring role he did. In fact many of Brandos performances from the 90s were bad. How can Brando be only as good as his last films when he's given stellar performances in Streetcar, Godfather, Apocalypse Now, etc. etc. etc.?

Nick Cage won the Oscar for Best Actor. There's no doubt he can give a great performance when its married to a good script and proper direction. I doubt he'll be cast, but dollars to donuts if he was many of you guys would be on his nuts.

Bale has never done performances as bad as Cage has done in films like the Wicker Man and Ghost Rider. Ever. I'm pretty sure very few actors actually have. And even if they have, Cage is even worse for it because he has shown he can act which makes what he does now basically purposeful torture of the audience.

And Brando did indeed go downhill later in his career. That expression applies for current casting though. I wouldn't have been as excited for a Brando film in the 90s as I would had in previous decades. Thats a fact. Now that his career is finished its easy to look at his entire career but when it comes to being cast in a film now there is such a thing as going down the tubes/jumping the shark/whatever. Cage is currently down the tubes so I am really not excited at the idea of him being in this film just like I wouldn't have been that excited at 90s Brando being in a film.

Besides, I don't think an actor that NEEDS a good movie/good director in order to give a good performance is probably that great anyway. Like I said, if Cage is in a bad movie he is often the worst part of that movie.

 

[Episode29]

Bale has never done performances as bad as Cage has done in films like the Wicker Man and Ghost Rider. Ever. I'm pretty sure very few actors actually have. And even if they have, Cage is even worse for it because he has shown he can act which makes what he does now basically purposeful torture of the audience.

And Brando did indeed go downhill later in his career. That expression applies for current casting though. I wouldn't have been as excited for a Brando film in the 90s as I would had in previous decades. Thats a fact. Now that his career is finished its easy to look at his entire career but when it comes to being cast in a film now there is such a thing as going down the tubes/jumping the shark/whatever. Cage is currently down the tubes so I am really not excited at the idea of him being in this film just like I wouldn't have been that excited at 90s Brando being in a film.

Besides, I don't think an actor that NEEDS a good movie/good director in order to give a good performance is probably that great anyway. Like I said, if Cage is in a bad movie he is often the worst part of that movie.

The thing about Nic Cage's acting style, though, is that its highly energetic and idiosyncratic (minus some of his bored dour work) and more likely to appear foolish if not filtered through a strong director. Bale, on the other hand, has an extremely reserved style with is easy to control and apply to almost any job. Some actors, like Brando, Pacino and Cage, need guidance and solid direction to find the comfortable point between goofy and brilliant. If you look at Cage's best performances, such as Leaving Las Vegas, Adaptation, Moonstruck or Matchstick Men, we he was working with directors who knew how to use him and reign him in. However, in films made by second-rate talents, he runs rampant over the entire production. As for Wicker Man, well, that was a truly unfortunate case of a great director and actor getting lost amidst an awful script. It happens. Look at Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman in Elaine May's Ishtar.

I suspect that, while 100% unlikely, Cage could be very good in a Batman film. Nolan has proven to have a talent for pulling good performances from a variety of different actors, each with very different styles and processes.

 

[Lord_Lemon]

I find my self defending Cage more often than not, but I will be the first to say I don't think he would be a good choice in casting for TDK 2. I have all the confidence in the world for Nolan though if he choses to do so.

 

[Bubastis]

Nicolas Cages kissed talent goobye somewhere in the early nineties. I'm sore enough about the fact that he's in movies at all, i'm glad I'll never have to worry about him playing a character in a Batman/Nolan film.

We need to stop creating threads if some dumb actor expresses interest in a role in an interview. Nolan doesn't even have an idea for a new film. Some pompous actor saying "Hey, can I play Deadshot!?! t:" won't do anything other than inspire some horrible photoshops.

 

[chosen1]

How about we keep Cage away from any Batman movie... Please...

 

[Two-Face]

Nic Cage's acting is.....weird. it isnt bad, but it isnt good either. Its just weird.

No he's just bad actor, I never liked him in anything apart from Face/Off.

 

[baerrtt]

I'm reminded of the time when it was announced that Nolan would be casting Robin Williams for his remake of INSOMNIA.

Despite knowing how talented Williams was his then seemingly endless cv of sentimental and often crap family films had, in my eyes, soured the rep of an actor who in his prime was a fascinating, original talent who either had you marvelling at his ability or going WTF!? at what you were seeing, often both at the same time. This describes Nicholas Cage as much as it describes Robin W.

The point is Williams, under Nolan, silenced the skeptics and gave a creepy performance that reminded people of his genuine talent and Cage, if ever actually given the chance, would easily emulate the same response.

 

[D-Man22]

Hey the guy was good in Con Air.