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As Nicolas Cage makes his Spider-Verse debut, don’t expect nan seasoned character to plaything into a Christopher Nolan movie anytime soon.
The Oscar-winning character claimed that The Odyssey writer/director doesn’t “call maine back” aft Cage turned down a domiciled successful Nolan’s 2002 movie Insomnia, noting that galore board “get their feelings hurt” erstwhile he turns them down.
“David O. Russell offered maine a movie a cardinal years ago,” he told The New York Times. “It was a bully movie, and he offered it and I said no, and he’s nan only head that I ever said nary to who really came backmost and offered maine different movie.
Cage, who plays John Madden successful nan upcoming Russell-helmed biopic Madden, premiering Nov. 26, added, “Most of them, they get their feelings wounded and don’t telephone you back. It’s happened a cardinal times to me. It’s happened pinch Christopher Nolan, it’s happened pinch Woody Allen, it’s happened pinch Paul Thomas Anderson. They don’t telephone maine back.”
Recalling that he turned down “a very early movie” pinch Paul Thomas Anderson, Cage said, “He’d shown maine a short movie pinch Philip Baker Hall—and we were going to do thing and it didn’t activity out.”
“Anyway, David did telephone me, and it showed a batch of people that he would telephone maine backmost and induce maine again, and I didn’t want to opportunity nary to him again because I person awesome respect for his talent,” he continued. “And it was a beautiful experience. I enjoyed moving pinch David. I enjoyed moving pinch Christian [Bale], John Mulaney.”
Starring Cage arsenic nan legendary shot coach and sports commentator, Madden retraces nan life of John Madden and his engagement successful creating nan Madden NFL video crippled series. The movie besides stars Bale, Mulaney, Kathryn Hahn, Sienna Miller, Shane Gillis and Joel Murray.
