Nicolas Cage Turned Down Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent Role 4 Times
Nicolas Cage turned down his Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent role four times before finally accepting. In the upcoming action comedy, the Oscar-winning actor plays a fictionalized version of himself that plays into the eccentricities of his long list of performances. A stellar ensemble cast joins Cage, including Afterparty's Tiffany Haddish, The Matrix Resurrections' Neil Patrick Harris, and The Mandalorian's Pedro Pascal.
In writer-director Tom Gormican's The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, down-on-his-luck Nicolas Cage is paid $1 million to attend the birthday party of super-fan and Mexican drug kingpin Javi (Pedro Pascal). Set in Spain, the fictionalized version of Cage must revisit his past roles and relive his storied career in order to save his loved ones from danger. References to Cage's cult classics, such as a wax statue of his Face/Off character, Castor Troy, can be seen in the film's trailer.
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In a THR interview, Nicholas Cage claims he rejected the role of himself multiple times. The Raising Arizona star says that he "turned it down three or four times" and that when he first heard the conceit of the film, he was somewhat offended.
«I wanted no part of it. But when I got Tom’s letter, then I thought, 'OK, he’s not just trying to mock so-called Nick Cage; there is a real interest in some of the earlier work.' His tone was more of a celebration of some of [the actor’s iconic onscreen] moments — like being at the bottom of the pool in Leaving Las Vegas or [using] the gold guns in Face/Off.»
Cage was initially concerned that the version of himself in the film doesn't represent who he is in real life. But he came around to seeing it as
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