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Actor, wild man, and comedian e-book nerd\u00a0Nicolas Cage<\/strong>\u00a0was on the\u00a0Miami Film Festival<\/strong>\u00a0this week to just accept Variety\u2019s Legend & Groundbreaker Award<\/a>. And EW<\/a> stories that the actor opened up in regards to the present state of superhero films. In brief, Cage doesn\u2019t have to be within the\u00a0MCU<\/strong>, and he nonetheless regrets he didn\u2019t get to make \u201cSuperman Lives<\/strong>\u201d with\u00a0Tim Burton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n READ MORE: \u2018Renfield\u2019 Trailer: Nicolas Hoult Is In A Toxic Relationship With Dracula, Played By Nicolas Cage In New Horror Comedy<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve gotta be nice about\u00a0Marvel<\/strong>\u00a0movies, because I named myself after a\u00a0Stan Lee<\/strong>\u00a0character named Luke Cage\u201d Cage mentioned on the competition. \u201cWhat am I going to do, put Marvel movies down? Stan Lee is my surrealistic father. He named me.\u201d As Cage continued, he mentioned he understood the \u201cfrustration\u201d some moviegoers have with superhero films however acknowledges that \u201cthere\u2019s plenty of room for everybody.\u201d As for whether or not, he\u2019ll ever be in an MCU film, the actor responded, \u201cI don\u2019t need to be in the MCU, I\u2019m Nic Cage.\u201d Indeed you might be, sir, and by no means change.<\/p>\n Cage has brushed shoulders with Marvel fare earlier than, with 2007\u2019s \u201cGhost Rider<\/strong>\u201d and its 2011 sequel, \u201cSpirit Of Vengeance<\/strong>.\u201d But that was earlier than the MCU turned the trade juggernaut it presently is. And after\u00a0Keanu Reeves<\/strong>\u00a0not too long ago spoke<\/a> about his curiosity in taking on the Johnny Blaze\/Ghost Ride function in a future MCU undertaking (which\u00a0Kevin Feige\u00a0<\/strong>sounds sport on), don\u2019t count on Cage to reprise as a substitute. Besides, Cage pines for an additional superhero function anyway: his \u201cemo Superman\u201d from Tim Burton\u2019s unmade \u201cSuperman Lives.\u201d<\/p>\n Cage opened up in regards to the doomed undertaking on the competition and claims that he initially introduced Burton onto the movie. The studio wished journeyman director\u00a0Renny Harlin<\/strong>\u00a0to helm the characteristic, however Cage had Burton in thoughts as a substitute. \u201cI said, this has to be Tim Burton. I called Tim and said, \u2018Would you do this?\u2019 Tim didn\u2019t cast me, I cast Tim, and Tim said yes,\u201d Cage mentioned. \u201cI loved what he did with\u00a0Michael [Keaton]<\/strong>\u00a0and \u201cBatman<\/strong>,\u201d and I used to be a giant fan.\u201d<\/p>\n But Warner Bros. was cagey (no pun meant) about bringing Burton on board after the monetary catastrophe of 1996\u2019s \u201cMars Attacks!<\/strong>\u201c. And that\u2019s not the only reason Cage said Warner Bros. got \u201ccold feet\u201d about \u201cSuperman Lives\u201d: Cage\u2019s imaginative and prescient for the movie was decidedly non-traditional. \u201cIt was more of a 1980s Superman with like, the samurai black long hair\u201d Cage mentioned about his tackle Clark Kent. \u201cI thought it was gonna be a really different, sort of emo Superman, but we never got there.\u201d Check out the video beneath for a glimpse at Cage\u2019s Superman costume.<\/p>\n Ultimately, Warner Bros. canned the undertaking. \u201cThey\u2019d spent a lot of money already building the sets and the costume and what have you. But you never know,\u201d Cage defined. I don\u2019t imply to be cryptic Cage, however you by no means know!\u201d But Cage has talked about \u201cSuperman Lives\u201d earlier than, and from the sounds of issues, Warner Bros. by no means actually had a transparent imaginative and prescient for the film. In a 1999 interview<\/a> with\u00a0Howard Stern<\/strong>, Burton mentioned, \u201cWe were looking at the suit and the studio and the producer were afraid of the red underwear. They wanted to have him in like\u00a0Michael Jordan<\/strong>\u00a0shorts.\u201d Burton added that Warner Bros. wished to place the Man of Steel in corduroy, a really puzzling desire.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a disgrace that \u201cSuperman Lives\u201d by no means obtained made, however let\u2019s face it: Nic Cage isn\u2019t an actor that matches the mould of a superhero film, particularly those being made now. The Cageian presence burns too shiny for that type of fare, and that\u2019s why followers love the actor a lot.<\/p>\n