10 Weirdest Things Actors Were Cast As

Now, it's not exactly uncommon for a star to take on a role they were literally born to play on the big screen.

The likes of John Malkovich, Bill Murray, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon have all taken to films as heightened and comical versions of themselves over the years. But the barmiest of all performances of one's self is arguably yet to come with the announcement of Tom Gormicon's The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent.

This feature will see the already infamously bizarre and all-round larger than life presence of Nicolas Cage playing, as he puts it, a "highly-neurotic, anxiety-ridden" version of himself.

In fact, the project is said to be so downright nuts, that the actor has even gone on record to admit that he'll struggle to sit down and watch the meta action comedy, as it's "too much of a whacked-out trip" for him to endure.

With Gormican reportedly pushing Cage to fully embrace "neurotic Cage" throughout shooting and bring some of his most iconic characters to life, brace yourselves for one of the weirdest and likely most enjoyable turns of 2022 this April.