Nicolas Cage on Why Christopher Nolan and Other Directors Won’t Work With Him After He Turned Down Their Films: ‘They Get Their Feelings Hurt’

By Pat Saperstein

Pat Saperstein

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Nicolas Cage is still remembering that he might have blown a big chance when he turned down a role in Christopher Nolan‘s “Insomnia.”

The Oscar-winning actor covered numerous pivotal moments in his career in an antic, wide-ranging interview with the New York Times ahead of the premiere of his “Spider-Noir” series on MGM+, and recalled that several renowned auteurs seem to have lost his number after he declined roles in their films.

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