Not the tease! Looks like Nicolas Cage may be in a Hideo Kojima game
Hollywood maniac-in-chief Nicolas Cage is, it appears, getting into games in a big way. Last month brought the news that Nicolas Cage would play Nicolas Cage starring as Nicolas Cage in Dead by Daylight later this year, which was swiftly followed by a scene-stealing cameo at Summer Games Fest where Cage very sincerely told players that «I want you to know when you're playing the Nic Cage survivor, I want you to know that we're one, that we're fused».
Yuh huh. Well, a certain game director slash movie buff has clearly been watching all this with interest, and he wants a piece of the action. Hideo Kojima is a longtime fan of the actor and yesterday welcomed Cage to Kojima Productions.
With our dear Nicolas Cage. pic.twitter.com/nOC3zcxzvSJune 15, 2023
That picture is so remarkable that I almost think it has to be an AI deepfake: but no, this is real life, Snake! Note in particular that Kojima's had this picture taken with the Ludens mascot, which (among other things) represents the studio's goal of creating new forms of play.
The eagle-eyed among you may also notice that Kojima is wearing a pin badge, and there's no need for a computer enhanced look. The director showed off the badge in all its glory several years ago, and it is a small Nicolas Cage face covered in blood and screaming. It's from the film Mandy, where Cage plays an alcoholic lumberjack who goes on the rampage when a cult burns his girlfriend alive. Cheery stuff.
Putting Red (Nicolas Cage)'s pin-badge on LUDENS!Masterpiece «MANDY» releasing in Japan on Nov.10th!
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