First of all, I don’t care how good of an actor you are (and I’m lukewarm on Cage), you shouldn’t get to have anything more than a cameo on a show just because you love it.
Secondly-
In that 2023 Yahoo interview, Cage praised Chris Pine’s portrayal of Kirk as well, saying he thought the new J.J. Abrams-produced Star Trek movies were “outstanding.”
If you like the J.J. Trek movies, fine, but to call all three “outstanding” does not sell me on him being the big Trekkie he says he is.
Yeah, it might have been designed for him but he also demonstrated the absolute fuck out of his ability as an actor. Nick Cage might be a bit of a meme, but if he does the work and takes it seriously it could be great.
I apparently fully misunderstood your original comment. I thought you were doing “when I think of a bad blank I always remember the WORST blank and everything else isn’t as bad in comparison”. My bad for misunderstanding.
First of all, I don’t care how good of an actor you are (and I’m lukewarm on Cage), you shouldn’t get to have anything more than a cameo on a show just because you love it.
Secondly-
If you like the J.J. Trek movies, fine, but to call all three “outstanding” does not sell me on him being the big Trekkie he says he is.
Whenever I think that I see a terrible casting choice I think about Sandler doing Uncut Gems.
Uncut Gems was literally wrote FOR Adam Sandler. The entire movie is based on him playing that role.
Except from Slashfilms interview with the directors:
“It was always Adam,” said Benny. “It only works if you root for him, and that’s why it had to be Adam.”
Yeah, it might have been designed for him but he also demonstrated the absolute fuck out of his ability as an actor. Nick Cage might be a bit of a meme, but if he does the work and takes it seriously it could be great.
I apparently fully misunderstood your original comment. I thought you were doing “when I think of a bad blank I always remember the WORST blank and everything else isn’t as bad in comparison”. My bad for misunderstanding.
The man was nominated for an Oscar in three separate decades. He’s done dumb shit for questionable reasons, but he fuckin’ commits.
Compare Patrick Stewart’s long-standing desire to play Spider Jerusalem. Completely bonkers - but you can almost see it.
That’s honestly not super unheard of, lots of writers write with an actor in mind.
Not that I disagree but this made me think of Guinan that was created just because Goldberg loved Star Trek and wanted to be in it.
I don’t think that was right either. I’m just glad it worked out.