Dream Casting Quentin Tarantino's Casino Royale

Quentin Tarantino has always shown a knack for resurrecting the careers of struggling actors, or casting movie stars against type while still playing to their strengths. Based on the wonders that he's worked with countless others over the years, just imagine what he could do with Nicolas Cage.

He's more meme than man these days, but every now and again a performance comes along that reminds us why Cage is still revered by many as one of the finest actors of the modern era, making a potential Tarantino team-up a mouth-watering prospect. Hell, his desire to get cast in a QT flick even serves as the basis for upcoming meta-movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.

Imagine a Tarantino-directed Bond that builds to the big reveal that his arch-nemesis Blofeld has been pulling the strings all along, before showing Nic unleashing full-blown Cage Rage at having his plans foiled, armed with a monologue's worth of QT dialogue for good measure. Cinematic bliss.