Nicolas Cage at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 9, 2023.Photo:Robin L Marshall/Getty
Robin L Marshall/Getty
Nicolas Cageis scratching his head over the final cut of his cameo asSupermaninThe Flash.
The actor said in an interview published Wednesday withYahoo! Entertainmentthat in the cameo he made in the film, for which he visited the set, “What I was supposed to do was literally just be standing in an alternate dimension, if you will, and witnessing the destruction of the universe.”
Cage, 59, played a younger, multiverse version of Superman in the cameo. But the version on screen showed the character “fighting a giant spider” — which is not what Cage said he filmed.
“I just think that they did something with it, and again, it’s out of my control,” Cage also said of his appearance in the film. “I literally went to shoot a scene for maybe an hour in the suit, looking at the destruction of a universe and trying to convey the feelings of loss and sadness and terror in my eyes. That’s all I did.”
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Nicolas Cage as Superman in the unproduced 1998Superman Livesfilm.TDOSLWH
TDOSLWH
“It goesinto another AI thing, and this is why I think I’m over it with the studio,” said Burton, who directed 1989’sBatmanand its 1992 sequelBatman Returns. (He also worked for nearly two years in the ’90s onSupermanLives, starring Cage as the titular hero, before the project was scrapped.)
“They can take what you did, Batman or whatever, and culturally misappropriate it, or whatever you want to call it. Even though you’re a slave of Disney or Warner Brothers, they can do whatever they want,” Burton added. “So in my latter years of life, I’m in quiet revolt against all this.”
And while Cage doesn’t believe AI was used on his cameo inThe Flash, “I get where Tim’s coming from,” he told Yahoo! Entertainment. “I know what he means. I would be very unhappy if people were taking my art … and appropriating them.”
“I get it. I mean, I’m with him in that regard. AI is a nightmare to me,” the actor continued. “It’s inhumane. You can’t get more inhumane than artificial intelligence.”
Tim Burton; Nicolas Cage.Domine Jerome/ABACA/Shutterstock; ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty
Domine Jerome/ABACA/Shutterstock; ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty
He praised the movie’s costume department and directorAndrés Muschietti, though, saying, “They did put a lot of time into building the suit … and I think [Andy] is a terrific director, he is a great guy and a great director, and I lovedhis twoItmovies.”
The Flashwasfull of cameos, as Cage appeared whileEzra Miller’s Barry Allen hit the multiverse and explored alternate realities featuringChristopher Reeve’s Superman,Helen Slater’s Supergirl,Adam West’s Batman andGeorge Reeves' Superman.
Back in July, Cage spoke withUSA Todayabout his appearance as Superman inThe Flash,over two decades after the cancellation of his unproduced 1998Superman Livesfilm.
“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,” Cage added.
source: people.com
