Nicolas Cage Is Enjoying The Success Of His Latest Movie

Nicolas Cage is feeling “very blessed right now.”

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He recently sat down with PEOPLE to talk about his new movie.

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He plays a fictionalized version of himself in “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.”

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Cage believes that he’s doing “some of the best work of [his] life.”

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He says the work he’s done in the past 10 years has held up to any movie from the first 30 years of his career.

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However, Tom Gormican revealed that Cage took some “convincing” to play the role.

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He and co-screenwriter Kevin Etten wrote Cage a personal letter to convince him to star in the movie.

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Cage said that he felt it was important never to take oneself too seriously.

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“The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” is out in theaters Friday.

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