10 Recent Movie Characters That Totally Messed Up Actors

8. Nicolas Cage (Nicolas Cage) - The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent

Jared Leto The Little Things
Lionsgate

After making something of a career out of delving into the worlds of some of the most barmy and unexpected characters ever unleashed onto a cinema screen, it comes as a bit of a shock to hear that there is actually a role that Nicolas Cage finds too odd to actually sit down and watch back; that of himself.

Taking up the role of "Nic Cage" in Tom Gormican's upcoming action comedy by the name of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, the legendary thespian has gone on record to admit that he wouldn't be lining up to see the movie any time soon due to him classing the idea of that experience as "too bizarre", which is saying a lot coming from him.

As he put it when talking to Collider about the part:

"I’m told the audience loved the movie. But it’s just too much of a whacked-out trip for me to go to a movie theater and watch me play Tom Gormican’s highly-neurotic, anxiety-ridden version of me."

It's safe to say that if The Cage himself isn't ready for this no doubt nutty and massively meta thrill ride, then neither are you, my friends.

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