Nicolas Cage Says He’s Almost Done Making Movies

Nicolas Cage has appeared in over 110 movies in his profession, together with 13 roles alone within the 2020s. (Keep in thoughts, we’re nonetheless solely in 2023.) That’s lots of appearing — particularly the best way Nic Cage does it, which all the time contain a loooot of appearing. Now on the cusp of turning 60, Cage says in spite of everything these dozens of movie performances, he’s virtually able to name it quits for good.

Speaking with Vanity Fair, Cage stated he could solely have “three or four more movies left in me.” He added…

I do really feel I’ve stated what I’ve needed to say with cinema. I feel I took movie efficiency so far as I might … I do need to get way more extreme and stringent in my choice course of … I need to say bye on a excessive observe.

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Cage famous that his personal father handed away on the age of 75 and as he approaches 60 himself, it has him considering how he needs to spend his remaining years.

“It occurred very clearly to me that I want to spend time with my family, he added, “I’m starting to cement my plan.”

Cage doesn’t essentially assume he’ll totally retire; he needs to decelerate, and maybe transfer into new mediums. He particularly instructed Vanity Fair he needs to “switch formats” and maybe headline a TV collection akin to what Bryan Cranston did when he took on Breaking Bad after years often known as a comedy actor.

“Maybe it’s time to look at the immersive streaming experience,” he additionally stated. “I don’t know. I have to look for the next step and I haven’t found it yet.”

Look, if Nicolas Cage is uninterested in making motion pictures, so be it. But we can not enable him to go away utterly. If he needs to TV, fabulous; give him his personal TV present! That sounds terrific. Or some type of immersive expertise? Okay nice, let’s get immersed in Cage. But Cage is simply too very important to let him slip away utterly. When he’s been locked in on a superb position lately, as in one thing like Pig, he stays one in every of our best possible actors.