Video:Nicolas Cage Interview - The Sorcerer's Apprentice
with Rebecca MurrayWalt Disney Pictures' fantasy adventure film, 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice,' marks the 7th collaboration between Nicolas Cage and producer Jerry Bruckheimer. And at the 2010 WonderCon, Cage talked about that, as well as his attraction to fantasy films.
Transcript:Nicolas Cage Interview - The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Rebecca Murray from About.com Hollywood Movies at the 2010 WonderCon in San Francisco.
Nicolas Cage – 'Balthazar Blake' in The Sorcerer's Apprentice
You've done seven films with Jerry Bruckheimer. What defines a Jerry Bruckheimer film for you?Nicolas Cage: "Well, he knows to entertain people. He knows how to make people feel happy, to give them a ride, and give them some enchantment now. Both of us now like to make movies that are kind of fantastic, and go into those realms as well. But I mean what it is with Jerry is he makes movies he wants to go see, and he knows how to entertain people. Conversely, he likes to invite actors who are somewhat alternative in their approach, you know, and provide some sort of edge to the formula."
You said both you guys like the fantasy element. What is that appeal for you?
Nicolas Cage: "Well, I mean it's all about the awe and wonder of things. Keeping the child's mind alive, no matter how old you get. Keep that going because it's the dreams and the hope to be enchanted that keeps us excited."
Do you see that now, in these times, that's much more important than it was even 10, 20 years ago?
Nicolas Cage: "Yeah, yeah. Oh yeah. There's so much going on now, isn't there? And you read everything in the news and hear everything, I think it's so important to keep that child's mind alive and not ever lose your connection with the imagination."
Is that something that you're specifically looking for in scripts?
Nicolas Cage: "Yeah. Well, I'm specifically – you may have noticed – I mean I'm specifically trying to make movies that deal with supernatural characters. Because City of Angels, Ghost Rider, Next, Sorcerer's Apprentice, and now Drive Angry, they all deal with that because the possibilities are endless. It's limitless, it's infinity, you know? You can do so much as an actor with that because you're not stuck in the context of whatever reality is. You can get abstract and go into the imagination. That's fun for me. That's where I want to dance."
I read where you said that comic book movies are the purest form of entertainment. Do you really feel that?
Nicolas Cage: "Yeah, well I think that because when you consider what entertainment is, you want to be able to entertain everybody in a way that doesn't always have such a high body count. So to do that you have to find ways of enchanting people and wowing people, and giving them all the spectacle and intensity without necessarily having to resort to gratuitous violence. So comic book movies have that, like Iron Man. They don't all have to be that way but many of them give you the chance to go into the abstract and into science fiction and whatnot, and not have to kill a bunch of people – slasher, you know? So that's why I said that."
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