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Nicolas Cage Says He's Ready to "Get Back successful the Face Off Ring"
Nicolas Cage is acceptable for an onscreen rematch against erstwhile co-star John Travolta.
As the actor exclusively revealed connected the Jan. 9 occurrence of E! News, "I would emotion to get backmost into the Face/Off ring." The 1997 sci-fi enactment flick starred Travolta arsenic FBI cause Sean Archer, who swaps faces with his arch nemesis, violent Castor Troy (Cage), successful hopes of taking him down.
And it appears that Cage already has a crippled successful caput for the follow-up film. "I deliberation Face/Off is truthful unsocial and there's a batch to notation determination that could beryllium explored, particularly dealing with the offspring of the characters," he explained. "It would beryllium astir similar three-dimensional chess, 3 antithetic layers, with the kids and the parents and everybody trying to similar face-off."
Not lone does the thought of reprising his relation arsenic Castor/Sean excite the National Treasure alum, but truthful does the thought of reuniting onscreen with his fellow Oscar-nominated star.
"John I ever saw arsenic a kindred tone of sorts, and truthful overmuch amusive to enactment with and existent affirmative energy," Cage shared. "I don't cognize if I would look astatine it arsenic it similar maestro people arsenic overmuch arsenic similar conscionable truly fun."
The pair had specified a good clip moving together on the Face/Off acceptable that Cage compared themselves to "two kids successful the backmost of the schoolhouse room, and we were capable to get successful trouble."
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While nary plans for a Face/Off sequel are presently successful the works, the 59-year-old has plentifulness of projects coming retired successful 2023 to support fans entertained, including starring arsenic Dracula successful the upcoming horror-comedy Renfield—which hits theaters April 14—alongside Nicholas Hoult and Awkwafina.
But earlier then, Cage stars arsenic cowboy Colton Briggs successful the caller enactment movie The Old Way. The movie follows the former gunslinger arsenic helium faces disconnected against the vengeful lad of a antheral helium killed.
Hear much from Cage connected E! News contiguous astatine 11:30 p.m. connected E!.
The Old Way premieres successful theaters Jan. 6 and connected request Jan. 13.
Watch E! News weeknights Monday done Thursday astatine 11:30 p.m., lone connected E!.
