With writer-director Michael Sarnoski’s Pig now playing in select theaters, I recently spoke to Nicolas Cage about making the fantastic film and delivering another brilliant performance. If you haven’t seen the trailer, Pig is about a truffle hunter (Cage) living alone in the Oregon wilderness who must return to society in Portland when his beloved foraging pig is kidnapped. While this could have easily turned into a wild ride, and featured an over the top performance by Cage, what I loved about his understated performance is the way he pulls you in and makes you feel the pain his character is carrying inside. If Pig is playing near you, I strongly recommend checking this film out. Pig also stars Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin, Nina Belforte, Gretchen Corbett, Julia Bray, Darius Pierce, and Elijah Ungvary.

During the interview, Cage talked about why he wanted to be part of this project, what he drew on to inspire his performance, how he prepared for the role, and the way food would be presented in the film.

However, before the conversation was over, I had to ask Cage about playing himself in director Tom Gormican’s The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. If you haven’t heard of this movie yet…sit down and get ready to have a smile hit your face. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent stars Cage as surrealistic version of himself that ends up at a dangerous superfan’s (Pedro Pascal) birthday party when he’s offered $1 million dollars. According to the synopsis, “things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative (Tiffany Haddish) and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.”

I could not be more excited to see this film which arrives in theaters April 22, 2022.

But if you're going to the premiere, don't expect to see Cage. Because even though Cage praised the script, he said he’ll probably never watch the film.

“Because the idea of going meta and playing a "surrealistic version of myself" and a "surrealistic version or interpretation of a younger version of myself going head to head," might just be too psychologically invasive for one Nicolas Cage.”

While I get that, hopefully the reviews will be extremely positive, and he’ll change his mind. Check out the interview in the player above or you can read the full transcript on Collider here:

https://collider.com/nicolas-cage-pig...


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