What new things were you able to add to Ghost Rider this time?
Nicolas Cage: I was thinking about trying to find something really weird, which would be like levitating in circles. We called it “the compass” together, to mess with how he would attack his enemies. And then, I looked up in the dictionary, and the word weird literally means ‘to turn around,’ so I thought that was an interesting thing. But it was like trying to design a body language from another dimension. We worked in a room together and looked at different animals – like cobras and insects, and tried to find ways of moving that would hopefully scare you and entertain you.
Who is your character in the film?
Idris Elba: In the history of the comic there’s a character that keeps coming up called Moreau, and he never really takes on the same form, he does a different type of Moreau in the whole series. So Moreau is a character that comes from different types of Moreau, but in this film, he is a warrior monk – that’s how he’s described. Basically his journey is that he has this mission to find the Ghost Rider and take the Ghost Rider on a journey with him. My character is definitely the sidekick of the Ghost Rider, he’s a pretty cool sidekick. I had fun playing him. He’s a French drunk monk.
With comic books, what’s it like to be in this moment in time, when all these characters you loved as a kid are being loved by the masses?
Nicolas Cage: I actually had a vision of it when I was nine, that this was going to happen. It took a while because we didn’t have the technology to make them come to life so magnificently as we do today. It was always so goofy, the stupid costumes of Spider-Man in the old movies in the 60’s and 70’s, and Captain America. But now it’s become all the rage because there’s something in it for everybody. It’s perfect entertainment. It’s exciting for me, I love seeing all the movies happen. I loved the movie Idris made. I was just telling him earlier that I thought ‘Thor’ was wonderful.
Idris Elba: Thanks!
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The more I hear about this sequel the more I like it. And yes I'm gonna call it a sequel. You have the same star, and the plot is still loosely associated with the original film, that to me is a sequel. I understand the new directors don't want to be tied together with that terrible first effort, but you have to suck it up if you're gonna keep Cage in the lead.
By the way is Idris Elba in every movie? Is he the new Michael Caine/Samuel Jackson? Good actor, but this is getting a little bit silly. I think I'm more bothered that he'll be playing another marvel character, which is something that also bothered me with Chris Evans getting the Captain America role.
Ghost Rider : Spirit of Vengence is directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's starring Nicolas Cage, Ciaran Hinds, Violante Placido, Idris Elba, and Johnny Whitworth.
Ghost Rider hits theaters February 22, 2012.