Cage’s cameo in the film sooner or later allowed him to play the phase of Superman after his special “samurai” model of the superhero for the unproduced 1998 film, Superman Lives, was once cancelled.
Cage spoke to Variety about his ride with the ill-fated Superman Lives, stating, “it was once extra of a Nineteen Eighties Superman with, like, the samurai black lengthy hair … type of emo Superman, however we by no means bought there.”
“They desired [director] Renny Harlin to do the movie,” he continued. “But I concept if I’m going to do this, it’s such a bullseye to hit … I said, this has to be Tim Burton. I known as Tim and said, ‘Would you do this?’ and Tim stated yes.”
Cage additionally referred to that his Superman in no way noticed the mild of day, especially due to the fact Tim Burton’s 1996 film Mars Attacks failed to do properly at the container office.
“These films that are definitely weird, that mission and ruin ground, they piss a lot of humans off. I suppose they bought bloodless feet.”
Director Tim Burton additionally acquired candid about the cancellation of Superman Lives in a 2019 interview with Howard Stern, saying, “that used to be the one persona that used to be in no way truly portrayed with any depth… I concept for the first time, with Nic, you may want to see a man who you should see the trade [from Clark Kent to Superman].”