In “The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent” Nicolas Cage plays a fictionalized version of himself. To see himself in this role, the actor considers to be “too weird a trip”.
Los Angeles – Hollywood star Nicolas Cage is promoting his new film “The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent” in an unusual way. “I will never watch this film,” said the 57-year-old to the industry magazine “Collider”.
In the film, Cage plays a fictionalized version of himself for the director Tom Gormican, an actor in financial difficulties who takes part in a rich fan’s birthday party for a million euros.
“I was told it was a good movie,” said Cage. “But it’s just too wacky for me: going to the movies and watching me play Tom Gormican’s highly neurotic, fear-ridden version of myself.” Gormican pushed him in that direction over and over again. Cage himself pointed out to the director how far his fictional character deviated from his real personality. “But he said,” Well, the neurotic cage is the best cage. “
In addition to Cage, Neil Patrick Harris, Tiffany Haddish and Pedro Pascal play in the thriller comedy. In the US, “The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent” has been in cinemas since Friday. dpa
