In a Q&A session with
Collider's Christina Radish, actor Nicolas Cage talks about the currently filming
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and the experience of returning as the brimstone biker, his directors in Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor, and more. Read on below.
You’re currently filming Ghost Rider 2. How has that been going, and what has it been like to return to that character again?
"It’s been a lot of fun. I’m really enjoying my experience with Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. They’re not like anybody I’ve worked with before. They’re total originals. Mark Neveldine is doing things with the camera that are just brand new. He’s on rollerblades. He’s hanging off of wires at 300 feet. He’s just doing things that are combination stuntman and camera operator/director that are quite shocking and quite risky. And Brian Taylor is just a philosopher when it comes to movies. You can talk to him about Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom, and you can go into Ishiro Honda’s The War of the Gargantuas, in the same sentence. He’s definitely giving me a chance to bring a lot to the character. His idea to have me play Ghost Rider as well was inspired. We’ve been coming up with a lot of interesting things to do in the abstract, to help support the supernatural aspect of the character. He is the most supernatural superhero of all, after all."
Knowing how much you love the character, did you ever think you might not be able to make a sequel? What does it mean to actually be filming it right now?
"It means a lot to me. I have high hopes for it. I’m very confident that something special is going to come out of this experience. You can just feel it on the set."
What should fans be excited about seeing with the sequel?
"I don’t want to give anything away, but I know that the Ghost Rider character will definitely mess with their minds."
There are a lot of people taking photos of the set, with the paparazzi constantly being around. Do you pay attention to what people post online, or are you just focused on the movie and your work?
"Oh, it’s impossible not to have it come to my attention, one way or another. I try not to take anything personally. So far, everything seems to be pretty positive, though."
To find out what Cage had to say regarding his "Big Daddy" role in
Kick-Ass and more, head over to
Collider
In the meantime,
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is filming in Romania, scheduled for theaters February 17, 2012 in 3D!