The story so far is that Cage (the star of 8mm, as it happens) signed on to Schumacher's Louisiana-set thriller Trespass, about a husband and wife kidnapped by lowlife thieves, in the role of the husband (Kidman was cast as the wife). Then Cage decided he'd rather play the head lowlife. Then, after being recast, he did a vanishing act -- two weeks before the movie's start date -- prompting a flurry of articles about the frantic search for a replacement. And now it appears that he's come back, but wants to return to his original role.
Yeah, I'd really look forward to working with that guy, especially since he officially stopped acting after Leaving Las Vegas. I mean it's one thing to show up, do your schtick and collect a paycheck. It's another to show up, do your schtick and collect a paycheck after putting the rest of the cast and crew through the tortures of the damned. Sean Penn may be a pain in the ass, but no one has ever said he was unreliable or gave less than his best, which has been consistently pretty damned good for going on 30 years. The bast anyone seems to be able to do with Cage is put him in roles as crazy as he is and hope the result has train-wreck appeal.
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I don't know how he likes to pronounce it in English, but in Swedish you say it like this: "Storm-ah-reh".
As for Nick Cage, it's a shame he's a nutjob. He used to be an occasional great actor (Raising Arizona, Adaptation and I really like him in Matchstick Men), but it's been a while (then again, I haven't seen Port of Call yet, but I'm suspecting it's just a lot more of the crazy).
Thank you, Oskar!
Now I don't feel like such an idiot; I may not have caught the nuances, but I was in the right general vicinity. Maybe Stormare was just amusing himself in the Insanitarium making-of segment.
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