![]() ![]() I don't think you can fault him for that. But he's kind of an actor who gives, like, 200% to every role. So he ends up in these wild films with, you know, people he doesn't necessarily vibe with. Lest you forget, Nic Cage, you know, many years back, kind of ran out of money and started doing whatever work came his way to pay off some of this debt. I kind of grew up in the generation where he was an actual meme. For me, Nicolas Cage is more of a meme than a person at this point. But I can see almost immediately that this is not going to land for a lot of people who don't want to be maybe, like, patronized about how much they love Marvel films. It's a story about screenwriting and also about the state of the film industry right now. It's, you know, kind of a commentary on Nicolas Cage's career. So I sit very firmly in the first camp, and this film is doing a lot of that. TOUROS: I think right off the bat, there are two camps of people - people who really enjoy meta narratives and stories about storytelling and people who absolutely despise it. What did you think of "The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent"? Cyrena Touros, i'm going to start with you. From there, he has to figure out a way to behave like a real-life action hero and maybe even prove himself to his ex-wife, played by the great Sharon Horgan, and his daughter, played by Lily Sheen. When Cage gets to his destination, he's recruited by CIA operatives played by Tiffany Haddish and Ike Barinholtz, who explain that Cage's benefactor is a dangerous, wanted criminal. He keeps getting passed up for roles and winds up taking a gig where he's paid a million dollars to fly to Spain and attend the birthday party of a wealthy superfan played by Pedro Pascal. In this story, Nicolas Cage is a down-on-his-luck actor who is estranged from his family. So the Nicolas Cage in this movie is a fictionalized version of Nicolas Cage, but the script does draw heavily on the actor's career and long history of eccentric performances. Joining Aisha and me is NPR contributor Cyrena Touros. Today we are talking about "The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent" on POP CULTURE HAPPY HOUR from NPR. This action movie stars the actor Nicolas Cage as the actor Nicolas Cage, who must get himself out of a jam after he attends the birthday party of a potentially deadly Nicolas Cage superfan. Lots of action movies have starred Nicolas Cage. ![]() ![]() "The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent" isn't just an action movie starring Nicolas Cage. ![]()
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