He’s routinely risking his life to get these extraordinary, high adrenaline shots. I think he’s smart to have put a patent on this whole thing because he’s the only one really doing it. He’s getting shots that no other director can really get. He’s on rollerblades with the camera hanging on wires. Just want to talk about Mark Neveldine for a minute, what’s fascinating about him is he’s not like any other director I’ve worked with. How much of that are we going to see in this film?Ĭage: You are going to see a lot of it in terms of that style. You are going to be like, “Did I just see that happen?” Hopefully it will mess with your mind, which is what I’m excited about.Ĭan you talk about Neveldine and Taylor’s approach to this film? Based on their previous work, they got a real dark style to their films. Moments that are for lack of a better word: freaky. Is this more of a monster movie than the first one? Is that what you wanted to do with the second one? To make it more of a classic monster feel?Ĭage: I don’t want to compare too much between the two movies, but I will say that this movie is going to have some genuinely scary and wild moments that are going to make you wonder what you just saw. This was the character that Marvel and I teamed up on. I’m very happy with the way this worked out. For someone who was interested in becoming an actor, that made sense that I would gravitate towards that. To me that already gave it a level of depth that seemed to be missing in some of the other characters. I couldn’t understand the complexity of something that looked that scary but also was in some way “good”. Ever since I was a child, I gravitated towards the monsters, be it The Hulk or Ghost Rider. Can you talk about your passion for that character and that comic?Ĭage: Well, he was always interesting to me. That’s the character you will be indentified with. You’ve had opportunities to be in other comic book movies and other characters over the years but now you are Ghost Rider. When you meet him, he’s a much different kind of persona. In this one, he’s already been living in isolation in Romania. In that movie John was trying to keep everything at bay and so he’s trying to almost pacify himself with these kind of absurd habits that he was forming to keep things from erupting. A much edgier, almost cynical interpretation than the original or than the Ghost Rider movie. It’s almost a completely different character in many ways. For me, John Blaze, his head is already ignited so when you meet him, he’s in a much different place in this movie than in the other movie. I was curious about how you felt about that.Ĭage: I feel that we got up to something really interesting with the first movie and I’m very happy with the first movie, as I know he is and even Brian likes the first movie, but it really ends there. I was curious about the connection between this movie and the first movie because it seems like there’s not so much besides you. I assume they would have to start from scratch. Now probably this movie wouldn’t have happened if you didn’t decide to do it. Nicolas Cage: I’m thrilled and very happy to work with Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor and experience their vision of the movie, which is a completely original take on it. Question: How happy are you to be on the set of a Ghost Rider sequel knowing how much you love the character? Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance opens February 17. Directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor.Īs usual, I'm offering you two ways to get the interview: you can either click here for the audio, or the full transcript is below. At first, Johnny is reluctant to embrace the power of the Ghost Rider, but it is the only way to protect the boy - and possibly rid himself of his curse forever. In the successor to Ghost Rider, Johnny - still struggling with his curse as the devil's bounty hunter - is hiding out in a remote part of Eastern Europe when he is recruited by a secret sect of the church to save a young boy (Fergus Riordan) from the devil (Ciaran Hinds). Nicolas Cage returns as Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance. Hit the jump to either read or listen to the interview.īefore going any further, if you haven't seen the new trailer, I'd watch that first. Besides talking about the differences between the two films, Cage discussed working for Neveldine/Taylor, his passion for the character and the comic, the great cast, the stunts and the action scenes, the new bike, and a lot more. We conducted group interviews with the cast and watched some filming. Last year, when the production was filming in Romania, I got to visit the set with a few other online reporters. What you just read comes from an extended interview with Cage on the set of Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance.
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