Nicolas Cage beforehand stated he has solely three or 4 films left earlier than he retires, however he actually means main performances.
It was simply this yr that Nicolas Cage introduced that he solely had three or 4 films left in him earlier than he would retire. However contemplating he has appeared in virtually as many since then, we will’t assist however marvel what he really means. Fortunately, Cage has supplied some clarification on what he meant and the place that leaves the rest of his profession.
Talking with The New Yorker, Nicolas Cage stated of his impending retirement, “I did two or three very supporting roles [in that time]. So possibly three or 4 extra lead roles. Perhaps that’s extra of what I used to be saying.” As for his most talked-about film in years, Longlegs – which has probably the greatest advertising and marketing campaigns in latest horror reminiscence – that gained’t rely in direction of his closing tally as a result of it’s a supporting position. On this, he even stated, “It might have been a slippery slope [appearing too much on screen’. I think it could have lapsed into something almost too ridiculous. You don’t want to see that the shark is made of rubber, you know? You want the shark to be terrifying and keep it under the water for a lot of it.”
While we can probably expect Nicolas Cage to officially be retired probably by the time he’s 65 based on his own criteria, that doesn’t mean that will be the last we see of him, as he expressed doing more television, generally a medium he has shied away from. “I thought TV could be a dead end, and sort of the death of the Golden Age film star. I avoided it because it’s not why I really wanted to get into movies…So TV wasn’t on my mind. But then everything’s changed so much. I don’t know if it’s the same experience anymore. And I thought, I’ve always viewed myself as a student. Where am I going to learn something? Well, Broadway. I’ve never done Broadway.” Ghost Rider: The Musical, anyone…?
Personally, I’d love to see Nicolas Cage do some television. You could see him fitting into an anthology series like Fargo quite well (he already has the Coen connection through Raising Arizona) or even doing something smaller like Harrison Ford has done on Shrinking.
With such limited time for Nicolas Cage on the big screen before he retires, what do you want to see him tackle? Should he reprise a fan favorite role or round it out with more original performances?
