nicolas cage as superman
do you think he could appear?
shareI wish he appeared.
share
MovieChat Forums > The Flash (2023) Discussion > nicolas cage as superman
he did appear
shareyour wish was granted! with a short spider fight scene, no less!
shareNo polar bears tho
shareTechnically, it was a Thanagarian snare beast, which was going to be the baddies in his movie because Jon Peters had been pushing for a spider like nemesis for many movies when he thought he was going to make that Superman. He was mocked within the industry for always "trying to get that damn spider" in one of his movies. It finally happened in Wild Wild West. Pretty good inside joke actually.
shareYeah, Just another reason to love this movie. I remembered that story as told by Kevin Smith.
shareits a pity Cage didnt have more to do, like fly through the portal to confront then assist Barry..exchange a few words , have a look around at some of the other universes. 'wow' in that Cage way upon seeing the Christopher Reeve version. 'wait theres another batman?' upon seeing Adam West. then flying back to his own (spider)verse.
shareHe was awesome in this.
Makes you wish you were in that universe (and not in the Brandon Routh one where we are. Wtf....)
A horrible CGI Facsimile of Cage appeared.
shareYour "Superman Lives" movie was infamously scrapped in the '90s. So what was it like finally seeing yourself in the cape battling a giant spider in "The Flash"?share
Well, I was glad I didn't blink. 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. If you really wanted to know what I was going do with that character, look at my performance in "City of Angels."
I was supposed (to play) Clark Kent after that (in "Superman Lives"), and I was already developing this alien otherness playing this angel. That is a perfect example of the tonality you would've gotten for Kal-El and for Clark Kent: Clark would've been a little more amusing but Kal-El (had) the sensitivity and the goodness and the vulnerability and all those feelings that were kind of angelic and also terrifying.
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/07/27/nicolas-cage-sympathy-for-the-devil-movie-interview/70470149007/