• Nicolas Cage “doesn’t need” to be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
• He was rumoured to play the lead in “Superman Lives” in the 1990s.
• “I don’t need to be in the MCU, I’m Nic Cage!”

The 59-year-old was rumoured to play the lead in “Superman Lives” in the 1990s before the film was eventually shelved, and he stated that it never occurred even though he was confident it would be a “bullseye to hit” and he lobbied for Tim Burton to direct.

He told Variety: “They wanted Renny Harlin to do the movie. I sat down with Renny. I was doing another picture, he came to the trailer and we talked. I liked Renny… but I thought if I’m going to do this, it’s such a bullseye to hit.

“I said, this has to be Tim Burton. I called Tim and said, ‘Would you do this?’ Tim didn’t cast me, I cast Tim, and Tim said yes. I loved what he did with Michael [Keaton] and Batman, and I was a big fan.

“It was more of a 1980s Superman with like, the samurai black long hair. I thought it was gonna be a really different, sort of emo Superman, but we never got there.”

The hero of “Unbearable Weight of Enormous Talent,” Nicolas Kim Coppola, who adopted the stage name Luke Cage from the Marvel character, said the “frustration” the franchise has faced recently but claims he is not compelled to appear in any form.

He added: “I’ve gotta be nice about Marvel movies, because I named myself after a Stan Lee character named Luke Cage. What am I going to do, put Marvel movies down? Stan Lee is my surrealistic father. He named me. I understand what the frustration is. I get it. But I think there’s plenty of room for everybody. I’m seeing movies like ‘Tár.’ I’m seeing all kinds of artistic and independently driven movies. I think there’s plenty of room for everybody.

“I don’t need to be in the MCU, I’m Nic Cage!”

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