Nic Cage is performing some superior issues in Hollywood proper now; the truth is, the one individual I’m extra enthusiastic about getting a second wind of their profession is Brendon Fraiser and the Brenaissance. Nicolas Cage was the butt of loads of jokes after churning out numerous outrageously dangerous films, nevertheless it appears as if each he and followers are leaning approach into it now. That is very true on condition that he stars as himself within the upcoming The Insufferable Weight of Huge Expertise, and I can’t get sufficient of the star. Cage has now come ahead with a brand new tackle one among his extra mainstream bombs, The Wicker Man, and the well-known “Not the bees!” scene, and it’s so wildly apparent now.
The Wicker Man was nominated for a bunch of awards, like Worst Image and even received the award for Worst Remake. Nicolas Cage was nominated for Worst Actor and Worst Couple, paired together with his bear go well with he wears whereas being burned alive within the movie. That’s hilarious, however apparently the movie was purported to be dangerous? Or, at the very least, it was purported to be humorous.
In an interview with Indiewire earlier than the premiere of his meta movie The Insufferable Weight of Huge Expertise, Nicolas Cage says that he’s “happening the document” with the truth that the ridiculousness and humor all through The Wicker Man was 100% on goal. Here’s what he says, precisely:
Truthfully, I’m past glad that I’m simply now listening to that Nic Cage knew he was being ridiculous in The Wicker Man, nearly 20 years after the movie’s launch. If folks knew he was in on the joke, I actually don’t suppose it could be the iconically horrible movie that it’s.
Nic Cage’s skill to make horrible movies and snicker at himself has earned him a cult following of followers, which he eggs on even additional by enjoying into their whims. Cage has crashed his personal themed marathons and shocked followers, and he just lately known as a superfan who posted his telephone quantity all around the SXSW conference for Cage. Ridiculous simply works for the actor.
In accordance with Nicolas Cage in the identical interview, we may have been in for some extra ridiculousness if the producers let him do what he wished. Apparently he wished to don a handlebar mustache for the bear go well with scene. He additionally provides some props to the fantastically executed, equally impressed A24 movie Midsommar, saying:
So principally The Wicker Man would have been extra like Midsommar and really scary if Nic Cage and director Neil LaBute didn’t see the movie as being a giant joke, received it. Truthfully, I’m okay with residing in a world the place we are able to have each Nic Cage’s ridiculous model of a folks horror movie, and the genuinely terrifying one that’s Midsommar.
I completely love what Nic Cage has turn into and that he’s embracing his profession and revealing new takes on his huge codex of works. The Insufferable Weight of Huge Expertise releases to theaters in only a month on April twenty second, and might be the new launch movie of 2022 that I’m wanting ahead to most, in addition to a whole lot of Nic Cage followers. Fortunately, the humor of his most upcoming movie could be very simple and we received’t have to attend over 20 years to know that it is extremely a lot on goal.