It feels kind of wrong (and possibly dangerous) to slander the Internet's one true god of acting, but it needs to be said: Nicholas Cage was absolutely terrible as Johnny Blaze in both Ghost Rider movies. As undeniably talented as Cage is, whoever cast him as a daredevil stuntman who rides around on a flaming motorcycle as the personification of hell on wheels was either a monkey or the world's biggest Nic Cage fanboy. Whereas Johnny Blaze is meant to be a young and brash anti-hero who can be badass one second and incredibly scary the next. What everyone got instead was two movies featuring a middle-aged man channeling his best Nic Cage impression. Aside from looking completely wrong for the role (and requiring a hairpiece and CGI abs), Cage took Johnny Blaze from being a dark and serious character to a weird and campy caricature who twitches excessively. It was sort of heartbreaking to put Nic Cage on this list as he is a self-proclaimed big fan of Ghost Rider and comic books in general, but there are just some things that aren't meant to be and Nic Cage playing any comic-book superhero is just one of many.
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