2. He Almost In Appeared In Some Iconic Roles
Did you know that Nicolas Cage almost played Randy 'The Ram' Robinson in The Wrestler before Mickey Rourke took over and knocked it out of the park? Or how about the fact that Cage was slated to play Harry in Dumb And Dumber? Joel in Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind? John Bender in The Breakfast Club? Neo in the Matrix? The Scarecrow in Batman Begins? Yup, Cage was at one point attached to play all of these characters, as well as Willy Wonka in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. Cage is a polarising actor at the best of times so opinions vary on whether or not he would have enhanced or ruined these films by appearing in them. He would have made an excellent off-the-wall Superman, mind.