Here’s an attention-grabbing bit of film trivia that James Wan just lately shared. It seems that earlier than Nicolas Cage performed Dracula in Renfield, he was set to play the long-lasting vampire in a scrapped adaptation of the favored online game franchise Castlevania!
Wan was creating an adaptation of Castlevania again in 2009, and he stated on the time: “I’m very fresh on this project, so it’s early stages and I’m still trying to work things out, but the producers love my vision for it. I’ll be working on the script with a writer to give it a new spin, different to the previous versions. This will have my stamp on it which Konami is very excited about.”
Obviously, the undertaking didn’t pan out, which is a disgrace. I believe Wan would have made an superior Castlevania film, and Cage would’ve been superior as Dracula in the film! Hell, he was a lot enjoyable to look at because the Prince of Darkness in Renfield! He delivered such an gratifying efficiency.
Wan just lately praised Renfield on social media, and that’s the place he revealed that he was in talks with the actor about portraying the vampire for his live-action adaptation. Cage was simply destined to play the character!
Hopefully, Cage will get to proceed taking part in the position as he just lately stated that he’d prefer to make his personal Dracula film in order that he can higher discover the psyche of the vampire. He stated: “You know, there are some minor moments here where you get to see some of the pathos in Dracula’s eyes. That made me think that maybe one day I might like to try for a whole movie where you’re really understanding the psyche of the character. I didn’t really have the time to delve into that here.”
Cage beforehand defined that he accepted the position of Dracula as a problem to himself and since he’s a fan of different interpretations of the character that we’ve seen over time from the likes of Christopher Lee, Frank Langella, Bela Lugosi and Gary Oldman. He stated: “I also kind of always knew I had to do it at some point. I went back to Christopher Lee, in terms of his manner of speaking, but that was really only a starting point. I knew Christopher. I did a small scene with him in ‘Season of the Witch,’ and I liked him very much. We had a lot of nice conversations, and he reminded me quite a bit of my father, August. So from then on, my dad sort of became the main inspiration for me.”
Would you could have appreciated to see Cage play Dracula in a Castlevania film?
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