Nicolas Cage Says Superman Cameo in ‘The Flash’ Was ‘Satisfying,’ Tells Fans to Watch ‘City of Angels’ to Know What He’d ‘Really Do With the Character’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Nicolas Cage finally sounded off to USA Today on his brief return as Superman in Warner Bros.’ “The Flash.” The Oscar winner made a surprise cameo appearance as the Man of Steel he never got to play back in the late 1990s, although he did not say any lines. “Well, I was glad I didn’t blink,” Cage said about his brief return. “For me, it was the feeling of being actualized.
Even that look for that particular character, finally seeing it on screen, was satisfying. But as I said, it’s quick.” “If you really wanted to know what I was going do with that character, look at my performance in ‘City of Angels,’” he added, giving a tease about what fans could’ve expected from his iteration of Superman. “I was supposed [to play] Clark Kent after that and I was already developing this alien otherness playing this angel.
That is a perfect example of the tonality you would’ve gotten for Kal-El and for Clark Kent: Clark would’ve been a little more amusing but Kal-El had the sensitivity and the goodness and the vulnerability and all those feelings that were kind of angelic and also terrifying.” After launching the Batman movie franchise for Warner Bros.
to great success, director Tim Burton turned his attention toward Superman in 1998 with the development of “Superman Lives.” Kevin Smith penned the script, which focused on Superman’s fight against Doomsday.
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