If you’ve seen Vampire’s Kiss, you know that combining Nicolas Cage, Dracula himself, in Chris McKay’s Renfield – a horror-comedy that takes the characters of Bram Stoker’s novel and relocates them to present-day New Orleans with a stellar cast and a romcom twist. While that film’s title role goes to Nicholas Hoult, playing Drac’s long-suffering lackey who falls for Awkwafina’s traffic cop, the biggest draw here will be seeing Cage take on the Count once and for all.
For Empire’s Greatest Actors issue, we were invited (a key component of all vampire lore) for a wild day at Cage’s Las Vegas home, talking about his career, his craft, his mind-boggling menagerie of animals – including Merlin the Maine Coon cat and Bruce Lee the Chow Chow – and what’s in store in Renfield. The answer, as ever with Cage, is not quite what you expected.
For Empire’s Greatest Actors issue, we were invited (a key component of all vampire lore) for a wild day at Cage’s Las Vegas home, talking about his career, his craft, his mind-boggling menagerie of animals – including Merlin the Maine Coon cat and Bruce Lee the Chow Chow – and what’s in store in Renfield. The answer, as ever with Cage, is not quite what you expected.
- 12/19/2022
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
Quiet is not the word that comes to mind when you think of Nicolas Cage. Neither is Oscar. But love him or leave him, Cage was nominated for an Oscar for playing twins in “Adaptation” (directed by Spike Jonze from Charlie Kaufman’s script) and won for his sullen alcoholic in Mike Figgis’ “Leaving Las Vegas.” He has given many more bravura performances over his career, among them Norman Jewison’s romantic Cher vehicle “Moonstruck,” the Coens’ classic comedy “Raising Arizona” opposite Holly Hunter, Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader’s “Bringing Out the Dead,” and John Woo thriller “Face/Off,” which Cage would love to reprise in a sequel.
He also carried his share of noisy Hollywood actioners, from “Con Air,” “Gone in 60 Seconds,” and “The Rock” to “Snake Eyes” and “National Treasure.” Cage steps up with a strong script and director, so it’s welcome news that the 57-year-old...
He also carried his share of noisy Hollywood actioners, from “Con Air,” “Gone in 60 Seconds,” and “The Rock” to “Snake Eyes” and “National Treasure.” Cage steps up with a strong script and director, so it’s welcome news that the 57-year-old...
- 1/23/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Quiet is not the word that comes to mind when you think of Nicolas Cage. Neither is Oscar. But love him or leave him, Cage was nominated for an Oscar for playing twins in “Adaptation” (directed by Spike Jonze from Charlie Kaufman’s script) and won for his sullen alcoholic in Mike Figgis’ “Leaving Las Vegas.” He has given many more bravura performances over his career, among them Norman Jewison’s romantic Cher vehicle “Moonstruck,” the Coens’ classic comedy “Raising Arizona” opposite Holly Hunter, Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader’s “Bringing Out the Dead,” and John Woo thriller “Face/Off,” which Cage would love to reprise in a sequel.
He also carried his share of noisy Hollywood actioners, from “Con Air,” “Gone in 60 Seconds,” and “The Rock” to “Snake Eyes” and “National Treasure.” Cage steps up with a strong script and director, so it’s welcome news that the 57-year-old...
He also carried his share of noisy Hollywood actioners, from “Con Air,” “Gone in 60 Seconds,” and “The Rock” to “Snake Eyes” and “National Treasure.” Cage steps up with a strong script and director, so it’s welcome news that the 57-year-old...
- 7/21/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
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