Nicolas Cage wearing a costume designed by Jose Fernandez.
Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola on January 7, 1964 in Long Beach, California), is an American actor who was cast as Clark Kent/Superman in Tim Burton's cancelled Superman film Superman Lives. Although the project has captured the public's imagination, he declined to appear in the 2015 crowdfunded documentary.
Cage got his second chance when he agreed to do a cameo voiceover for Superman in the animated film, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies in 2018.[1] Cage finally played the part in live-action briefly in The Flash movie in 2023 fighting one of the giant spiders from the original Superman Lives script.
History with Superman[]
Timeline[]
Cage visits a young Superman fan in the hospital
Cage is a noted fan of superhero comics, and previously owned a copy Action Comics #1.
In April of 1998, Cage appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, where he explained that a child convinced him that Superman needed red trunks, previously he had been against the trunks while developing the movie.
On October 3, 2005 Cage's third wife gave birth to a baby boy he named Kal-El.
Trivia[]
- Cage's uncle is renowned film director Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather Trilogy, Apocalypse Now, and Bram Stoker's Dracula). Cage changed his last name because he didn't want an unfair advantage pursuing success in film on his own efforts.
- Cage played the Marvel Comics character Ghost Rider in two movies. He's also voiced Spider-Man Noir in the animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
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