Nicolas Cage’s Reddit AMA Did Not Disappoint

Nicolas Cage did a Reddit AMA on Saturday, April 9.

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One fan asked, “What is your dream role that you have yet to complete?”

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Cage said he’d like to play Jules Verne’s Captain Nemo.

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He explained that he shared the character’s love of the ocean.

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Another fan asked about movies he could watch over and over without getting bored.

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Cage’s answer was, “Apocalypse Now and Spirited Away.”

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He also called Pig “one of my favorite movies, and it’s probably my best work.”

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He said he was trying to channel feelings of loss and isolation everyone was feeling during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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He also said he’d love to work with Christopher Nolan, Spike Lee, Ari Aster, or Robert Egger.

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