“The phone stopped ringing. It was like, 'What do you mean we're not doing National Treasure 3?’” (via TooFab)
"When I was doing four movies a year, back to back to back, I still had to find something in them to be able to give it my all," he continued."They didn't work, all of them. Some of them were terrific, like 'Mandy'but some of them didn't work. But I never phoned it in. So if there was a misconception, it was that. That I was just doing it and not caring. I was caring.
According to the publication, the role that was finally able to help Cage clear his debts was the role of playing a fictionalized version of himself in his upcoming movie,"The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent." The new film received rave reviews in the SXSW film festival and currently boasts a 100% certified fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
As for returning to the big screen in a blockbuster type fashion, Nicolas is more thrilled to be a part of smaller scaled indie films. "I enjoy making movies like 'Pig' and ‘Leaving Las Vegas’ more than I enjoy making movies like 'National Treasure,'" he admitted."When I talk about fair-weather friends in Hollywood, I'm not talking about ['National Treasure' producer] Jerry Bruckheimer. I'm talking about Disney. They're like an ocean liner. Once they go in a certain direction, you've got to get a million tugboats to try and swivel it back around.
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