Nicolas Cage On Returning To Comic Book Movie Roles: “It’s Not Really On My Mind”
deadline.comIn the past six months, Nicolas Cage has expressed confusion over his cameo as Superman in The Flash, discussed his desire to do TV and held forth on potentially retiring from movies.
This week, in an interview with Deadline at SXSW, Cage expressed indifference at the thought of returning to the comic book genre. “Would I return to the comic book genre?” Cage asked himself, before continuing with a lukewarm, “I guess never say never.” That’s hardly a ringing endorsement.
Cage maintains there’s much more to him that a comic book geek. “Much has been made about that. My comic book collection just goes viral quickly, exponentially, and I feel like in some ways it’s eclipsed what I’m really reading,” Cage told Deadline, “like [Nikolai Golgol’s] “The Overcoat” or Herman Hesse.
It’s like I’m still stuck at 12 years old with the NyQuil and the lemon cookies and The Incredible Hulk No. 72. “Come on, I’ve grown up.
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