10 Nicolas Cage Films That Know Exactly What They Are

A film that truly lets Nicolas Cage live his best, angriest, most unsettlingly intense life - Ghost Rider is the Marvel addition to Cage's resume, where he takes on the titular mantle of a eternally burning skeleton that does sick wheelies and whips the sh*t out of people with a giant chain. Gnarly.

Acting as Mephistopheles' bounty hunter, the Ghost Rider is a creature with the power to make those feel the pain of every sin they have committed against another good person, as well as a sharp temper and some slick one-liners - Cage is allowed to take on his full repertoire of acting curveballs, throwing out crazy faces, black comedy, and emotionally traumatic sequences in equal measure.

Those working on the film cited actually being afraid of Cage during filming for his commitment to the role, not once reprising his volatile character to give cast and crew a break. On the sequel, he went one step further, describing his method in an interview:

"On my costume I would sew in thousands-of-years-old Egyptian relics... and shock my imagination into believing that I was augmented in some way by them, or in contact with ancient ghosts. I would walk on the set looking like this, loaded with all these magical trinkets, and I wouldn't say a word to my co-stars or crew or directors. I saw the fear in their eyes, and it was like oxygen to a forest fire. I believed I was the Ghost Rider."

They knew what they were doing putting Cage in this role, and it's so, so good.