Nicolas Cage is a unique fella, and each Nicolas Cage film is every bit as distinct as he is. He may be among the very best stars alive, however he’s likewise about as unforeseeable as it’s possible to be. And that consists of wishing to share the screen with a lethal snake.
In the 2013 police procedural Joe, which critics called among his finest films of the last years, Cage’s title character gets a poisonous cottonmouth snake. Of course, the star wished to do this genuine.
As if that wasn’t wild enough, Cage discovered the scene relaxing, as he explained in an interview with The Talks. Presumably his next couple of brand-new films will include him punching sharks and battling crocodiles. That’s his variation of a summertime afternoon on the beach.
On the making of Joe, he said: “I had a four-page scene where they wanted a snake to be in the grass. They had a snake that had no poison and I said: ‘You know what, I think we really need to take a chance here and use a real snake and pick it up and use it in the scene’. And they were like: ‘Why?’ I said: ‘It’s a big scene and I think it will relax me’.”
Thankfully, for those people scratching our heads and loudly screaming something similar to WTF, Cage elaborated on why precisely managing an unsafe reptile had such a soothing impact on him.
“I’m one of those people that when I do stunts or drink a lot of coffee it calms me down. And I like what it can offer in terms of creativity – you could feel the focus on set. You don’t have to act. If you can avoid acting and get to the truth of it and be in the moment, something magical will happen.”
Cottonmouths are less unsafe than rattlesnakes and some other American reptiles, however their bites can feature adequate venom to eliminate and limb amputations post-bite are relatively typical.
If you desire a suggestion from us, we’d leave them well alone. But Nicolas Cage is quite a law unto himself. We wouldn’t have him any other method.
For more from the wild world of Cage, take a look at our Renfield evaluation for what we thought about his latest film. We’ve likewise explored the gross film scene Cage never ever wishes to duplicate and the acting recommendations Cage obtained from David Bowie.
Elsewhere, we’ve got guides to the 2023 films you’ll actually wish to see, consisting of the Dune 2 release date, The Marvels release date, and The Meg 2 release date.
